Where does “limeberry” come from?

limeberry (English) 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.

limeberry (English): A spiny evergreen shrub or small tree of species Triphasia trifolia, of tropical southeastern Asia

Definitions

  1. A spiny evergreen shrub or small tree of species Triphasia trifolia, of tropical southeastern Asia

Ancestry of “limeberry”, step by step

limeberry 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 English Berry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBerryA place name
2Middle Englishberyeberry, fruit; grape
3Old Englishberġeberry
4Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
5Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-
Every word from Mundari lembu
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