Where does “aligner” come from?

aligner (French) comes from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

aligner (French): to align

Definitions

  1. to align

Ancestry of “aligner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchaligner—
2Old Frenchalignier—
3Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
4LatinlīneaA linen thread
5Latinlīnumflax
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “aligner”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →