Where does “alineat” come from?

alineat (Romanian) comes from French alinéa, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

alineat (Romanian): paragraph of a law

Definitions

  1. paragraph of a law

Ancestry of “alineat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalinéaparagraph; indented line; paragraph of a law
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →