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Where does “desaliñar” come from?

desaliñar (Spanish) comes from Spanish aliñar, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

desaliñar (Spanish): to dirty, to disorder

Definitions

  1. to dirty, to disorder

Ancestry of “desaliñar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaliñarto condiment, to season, to dress; to adorn,...
2Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
3Latinlīnea—
4Latinlīnum—
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →