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Where does “liminal” come from?

Liminal comes from Latin liminalis, formed from the Latin suffix -alis attached to a root from Proto-Indo-European -li-.

liminal (English): Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold; Of...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold; Of...

Ancestry of “liminal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinliminalis—
2Latinlīmen—

Words derived from “liminal”

  • subliminal
  • liminality
  • subliminally
  • liminoid
  • supraliminal
  • supraliminally
  • superliminal
  • subliminal
  • subliminalement
Every word from Latin līmen →