Where does “extralimitary” come from?
extralimitary (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.
extralimitary (English): Beyond the limit or bounds
Definitions
- Beyond the limit or bounds
Ancestry of “extralimitary”, step by step
extralimitary 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 limitary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | limitary | Of or pertaining to a limit or boundary; That... |
| 2 | Latin | limitaris | second-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 4 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |