Etymograph

English

sublineation

From sub- + lineation.

Formed from sub- + lineation

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Italic *līnom

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Latin līneus ‘flaxen’

Latin līnea ‘line’

Latin līneō ‘make straight’

Latin lineatio ‘the drawing of a line’

English lineation

Today it means

noun A line drawn underneath text; an underline.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sublineation”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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