Where does “limeless” come from?

limeless (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.

limeless (English): Without lime

Definitions

  1. Without lime

Ancestry of “limeless”, step by step

limeless 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 less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus
Every word from Mundari lembu
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