Where does “limned” come from?
Limned derives from Middle English limnen, from Old English limnian, from Proto-Germanic *limnōn, ultimately from Latin illumināre meaning to light up or make bright.
limned (English): described or represented in a lifelike manner;...
Definitions
- described or represented in a lifelike manner;...
Ancestry of “limned”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | limn | To draw or paint; to delineate; To illuminate, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | limnen | — |
| 3 | Middle English | enluminen | to shed light on, illuminate; to enlighten; to... |
| 4 | Old French | enluminer | to brighten, light up; to give colour to; to... |
| 5 | Latin | illūminō | to illuminate, light up, brighten |
| 6 | Latin | lūminō | to illuminate |
| 7 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 8 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 9 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 10 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 11 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |