Etymology

colinear

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English linear ← Latin līneāris ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*līnom
  9. Proto-Italic*līnom
  10. Latinlīnum
  11. Latinlīneus
  12. Latinlīnea
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Latinlīneāris
  16. Englishlinear
  17. English todaycolinear

From co- + linear.

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