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Where does “neliniar” come from?

neliniar (Romanian) comes from Romanian liniar, from French linéaire, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

neliniar (Romanian): nonlinear

Definitions

  1. nonlinear

Ancestry of “neliniar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianliniarlinear
2Frenchlinéairelinear
3Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
4Latinlīnea—
5Latinlīnum—
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →