Where does “lime disease” come from?

lime disease (English) comes from English disease, from Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, from Old French desaise, from Old French eise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad- — in.

lime disease (English): Hypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation,...

Definitions

Hypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation,...

Ancestry of “lime disease”, step by step

lime disease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English disease

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	disease	An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant...
2	Middle English	disese	—
3	Anglo-Norman	desese	—
4	Old French	desaise	disease; deformity; melancholy
5	Old French	eise	ease
6	Latin	adiacēns	adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring
7	Latin	adiaceo	I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
8	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
10	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
11	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12	Proto-Italic	en	in
13	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via English lime

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	lime	Any inorganic material containing calcium,...
2	French	lime	file; lime
3	Latin	lima	file
4	Spanish	lima	lime; lemon; file
5	Spanish	Limón	lemon
6	Arabic	لَيْمُون	lemon, lime
7	Persian	لیمو	lemon; lime
8	Sanskrit	निम्बू	common lime or lemon
9	Mundari	lembu	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →