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Where does “lineal” come from?

lineal (Old French) comes from Latin līneālis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

Ancestry of “lineal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīneālis—
2Latinlīnea—
3Latinlīnum—
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “lineal”

  • lineal
  • matrilineal
  • patrilineal
  • lineally
  • unilineal
  • matrilineality
  • matrilineally
  • patrilineality
  • patrilineally
  • bilineal
  • multilineal
  • lineality
  • ambilineal
  • unlineal
  • nonlineal
  • nonmatrilineal
  • nonpatrilineal
  • polylineal
  • matrilineal
  • ماتريلينيال
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