Where does “limitingness” come from?
limitingness (English) comes from English limiting, from English limit, from Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
limitingness (English): The quality of being limiting
Definitions
- The quality of being limiting
Ancestry of “limitingness”, step by step
limitingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English limiting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | limiting | A limitation; present participle of limit |
| 2 | English | limit | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not... |
| 3 | Middle English | limit | — |
| 4 | Old French | limit | — |
| 5 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 6 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |