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Where does “unlimit” come from?

unlimit (English) comes 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,...

unlimit (English): To free from limitations

Definitions

  1. To free from limitations

Ancestry of “unlimit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlimitA restriction; a bound beyond which one may not...
2Middle Englishlimit—
3Old Frenchlimit—
4Latinlīmes—
5Latinlīmus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “unlimit”

  • unlimited
  • unlimitedly
  • unlimitedness
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