Where does “trilineare” come from?
trilineare (Italian) comes from Italian lineare, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
trilineare (Italian): trilinear
Ancestry of “trilineare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | lineare | linear, one-dimensional; consistent; to plot,... |
| 2 | Latin | linearis | consisting of lines, linear, lineal;... |
| 3 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 4 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |