Where does “lime” come from?

lime (Danish) comes from English lime, from French lime, from Latin lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू.

lime (Danish): lime; to glue

Definitions

  1. lime; to glue

Ancestry of “lime”, step by step

lime traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lime

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlimeAny inorganic material containing calcium,...
2Frenchlimefile; lime
3Latinlimafile
4Spanishlimalime; lemon; file
5SpanishLimónlemon
6Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
7Persianلیموlemon; lime
8Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
9Mundarilembu—

via Danish lim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlimglue; imperative of lime
2Old Danishlimlimb; glue
3Old Norselimrlimb
4Proto-Germaniclimuzlimb; member; branch; twig
5Proto-Indo-Europeanel-to bend; red, brown; hungry
Every word from Mundari lembu →Every word from Sanskrit निम्बू →Every word from Persian لیمو →