Where does “alignier” come from?
alignier (Old French) comes from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
Ancestry of “alignier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lineare | present active infinitive of līneō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 3 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
Words derived from “alignier”