Where does “désaligner” come from?

désaligner (French) comes from French aligner, 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.

désaligner (French): "to make uneven (ranks of soldiers)"

Definitions

  1. "to make uneven (ranks of soldiers)"

Ancestry of “désaligner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalignerto align
2Middle Frenchaligner
3Old Frenchalignier
4Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom