Where does “liminary” come from?

liminary (English) comes from French liminaire, from Latin līmināris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

liminary (English): introductory or preparatory

Definitions

  1. introductory or preparatory

Ancestry of “liminary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchliminaireintroductory
2LatinlīminārisOf or pertaining to the threshold or lintel
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →