Where does “limit” come from?
Limit comes from Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin limes, ultimately from Latin ligo meaning to bind or tie.
limit (English): A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not...
Definitions
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not...
Ancestry of “limit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | limit | — |
| 2 | Old French | limit | — |
| 3 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 4 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
Words derived from “limit”