Where does “limiting” come from?
Limiting comes from Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin limes meaning boundary or border, ultimately from Latin ligo meaning to bind or tie.
limiting (English): A limitation; present participle of limit
Definitions
- A limitation; present participle of limit
Ancestry of “limiting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | limit | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not... |
| 2 | Middle English | limit | — |
| 3 | Old French | limit | — |
| 4 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 5 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |