English → Latin
“lineal” in Latin
paternusof or pertaining to a father, paternal, fatherly; related through the father, or his side of the family, paternal; of ormāternusof or pertaining to a mother, maternal; related through the mother, or her side of the family
The English word lineal itself goes back to Latin līnea, through līneālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lineal
ex linea (paterna, materna): to be a lineal descendant, linea directa contingere alicujus domum. Vid: LINE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lineal?
- The usual Latin words for “lineal” are paternus, māternus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.