Where does “unlimited” come from?
Unlimited derives from English limit, which comes from Latin limes (boundary), ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European ano- (narrow) and Latin ligo (to bind).
unlimited (English): limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
Definitions
- limitless or without bounds; unrestricted
Ancestry of “unlimited”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unlimit | To free from limitations |
| 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,... |