Where does “limes” come from?

Limes comes from English line, which comes from English lime, tracing back through alternating forms in English whose ultimate origin remains unknown.

limes (English): A boundary or border, especially of the Roman...

Definitions

  1. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman...

Ancestry of “limes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīmeslimit, border, path
2Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- →Every word from Latin līmus →