Where does “allinjament” come from?
allinjament (Maltese) comes from Italian allineamento, from Italian allineare, from French aligner, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.
allinjament (Maltese): alignment
Definitions
- alignment
Ancestry of “allinjament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | allineamento | alignment |
| 2 | Italian | allineare | to align; to line up |
| 3 | French | aligner | to align |
| 4 | Middle French | aligner | — |
| 5 | Old French | alignier | — |
| 6 | Latin | lineare | present active infinitive of līneō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 8 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |