Where does “нелинейный” come from?
нелинейный (Russian) comes from Russian лине́йный, from Russian ли́ния, from German linie, from Polish linia, from Polish -uszek, from Polish -ek, from Polish -ny, from Latin temporālis — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
нелинейный (Russian): nonlinear
Ancestry of “нелинейный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | лине́йный | — |
| 2 | Russian | ли́ния | line |
| 3 | German | linie | — |
| 4 | Polish | linia | line |
| 5 | Polish | -uszek | — |
| 6 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 7 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | temporālis | — |
| 9 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |