Where does “limescale” come from?

limescale (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.

limescale (English): A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate...

Definitions

  1. A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate...

Ancestry of “limescale”, step by step

limescale 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 scale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscaleA ladder; a series of steps; a means of...
2Middle Englishscaleflake
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

Words derived from “limescale”

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