Where does “Alinea” come from?

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

Alinea (German): pilcrow, ¶

Definitions

  1. pilcrow, ¶

Ancestry of “Alinea”, step by step

Alinea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French alinéa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalinéaparagraph; indented line; paragraph of a law
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Latin [[ā]] [[lineā]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin[[ā]] [[lineā]]—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →