Etymology

interlinear

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English linear ← Latin līneāris ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*līnom
  8. Proto-Italic*līnom
  9. Latinlīnum
  10. Latinlīneus
  11. Latinlīnea
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinlīneāris
  15. Englishlinear
  16. English todayinterlinear

From inter- + linear.

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