Where does “linealmente” come from?

linealmente (Spanish) comes from Italian lineale, from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

linealmente (Spanish): linearly

Definitions

  1. linearly

Ancestry of “linealmente”, step by step

linealmente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian lineale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlinealelinear
2Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
3Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
4Latinmēnsmind
5Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—

via Spanish lineal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlineallinear
2Latinlīneālisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →