Where does “alinéaire” come from?
alinéaire (French) comes from French alinéa, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
alinéaire (French): paragraphic
Ancestry of “alinéaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | alinéa | paragraph; indented line; paragraph of a law |
| 2 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 3 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |