Where does “extra-limital” come from?
extra-limital (English) comes from English extra, from English extraordinary, from Latin extraordinārius, from Latin ōrdinem, from Middle Low German orden, from Latin ōrdināre, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.
extra-limital (English): that occurs at a considerable distance beyond its...
Definitions
- that occurs at a considerable distance beyond its...
Ancestry of “extra-limital”, step by step
extra-limital traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extra | Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or... |
| 2 | English | extraordinary | Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably... |
| 3 | Latin | extraordinārius | extraordinary |
| 4 | Latin | ōrdinem | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | orden | — |
| 6 | Latin | ōrdināre | — |
| 7 | Latin | ōrdō | a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ored(h)- | to arrange |
via English limital
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | limital | of, or related to the limit or boundary |
| 2 | English | limit | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not... |
| 3 | Middle English | limit | — |
| 4 | Old French | limit | — |
| 5 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 6 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |