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Where does “alinen” come from?

alinen (Middle English) comes from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

alinen (Middle English): to copulate; to bedaub, thus annoint

Definitions

  1. to copulate; to bedaub, thus annoint

Ancestry of “alinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchaligner—
2Old Frenchalignier—
3Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
4Latinlīnea—
5Latinlīnum—
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “alinen”

  • align
  • realign
  • aline
  • aligner
  • misalign
  • alignable
  • coalign
  • disalign
  • unalignable
  • dealign
  • realigner
  • autoalign
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →