Where does “lineari” come from?

lineari (Maltese) comes from Italian lineare, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lineari (Maltese): linear

Definitions

  1. linear

Ancestry of “lineari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlinearelinear, one-dimensional; consistent; to plot,...
2Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →