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
- A boundary or border, especially of the Roman...
Ancestry of “limes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | līmes | — |
| 2 | Latin | līmus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |