Where does “linéaire” come from?
linéaire (French) comes from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
linéaire (French): linear
Ancestry of “linéaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | linearis | consisting of lines, linear, lineal;... |
| 2 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 3 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
Words derived from “linéaire”