Where does “Lineal” come from?

Lineal (German) comes from Latin līneālis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Lineal (German): ruler

Definitions

  1. ruler

Ancestry of “Lineal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīneālisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “Lineal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →
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