Etymograph

English

lineation

Lineation comes from Latin lineatio ‘the drawing of a line’, from līneō ‘make straight’, 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 CElīnea‘line’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneō‘make straight’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElineatio‘the drawing of a line’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2001lineation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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 CElīnea‘line’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElīneō‘make straight’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElineatio‘the drawing of a line’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2001lineation

Earliest quotation: 2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry: “Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing…”

Linked words

through Latin līnum ‘flax’

leno, lint, 17 more

through Latin līneus ‘flaxen’

lingerie, 14 more

through Latin līnea ‘line’

alignment, align, ligne, 14 more

through Latin līneō ‘make straight’

del, delineate, 1 more

Today it means

noun A linear feature in rock, often structural

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *līnom / lineation

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