Etymograph

English

allineate

Allineate comes from Italian allineare ‘to align’, from Latin linea ‘line’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *līnom.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*līnomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīnum‘flax’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneus‘flaxen’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinea‘line’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElineāre
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400alignier
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600aligner
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to align’
  9. Italianc. 1300–presentallineare‘to align’
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1867allineate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*līnomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīnum‘flax’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneus‘flaxen’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinea‘line’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElineāre
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400alignier
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600aligner
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to align’
  9. Italianc. 1300–presentallineare‘to align’
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1867allineate

Earliest quotation: 1867, John Frederick William Herschel: “the intended base line allineated by placing a telescope…”

Linked words

through Latin līnum ‘flax’

leno, lint, 13 more

through Latin līneus ‘flaxen’

lingerie, lineal, 10 more

through Latin linea ‘line’

del, linear, lineage, ligne, delineate, linea, 11 more

through Middle French aligner

align, aline

through French aligner ‘to align’

alignment

Today it means

verb To align.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *līnom / allineate

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