Where does “allineate” come from?

allineate (Italian) comes from Italian allineato, from Italian allineare, from French aligner, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.

allineate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “allineate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianallineatoaligned; in line, lined up; past participle of...
2Italianallineareto align; to line up
3Frenchalignerto align
4Middle Frenchaligner
5Old Frenchalignier
6Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
7LatinlīneaA linen thread
8Latinlīnumflax
9Proto-Italiclīnom
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom
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