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Where does “alinéa” come from?

alinéa (French) comes from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

alinéa (French): paragraph; indented line; paragraph of a law

Definitions

  1. paragraph; indented line; paragraph of a law

Ancestry of “alinéa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīnea—
2Latinlīnum—
3Proto-Italiclīnom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “alinéa”

  • alinéaire
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