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Where does “lineær” come from?

lineær (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French linéaire, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lineær (Norwegian Nynorsk): linear

Definitions

  1. linear

Ancestry of “lineær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlinéairelinear
2Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
3Latinlīnea—
4Latinlīnum—
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →