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Where does “limette” come from?

limette (French) comes from French lime, from Latin lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू, from Mundari lembu.

limette (French): sweet lime

Definitions

  1. sweet lime

Ancestry of “limette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlimefile; lime
2Latinlimafile
3Spanishlimalime; lemon; file
4SpanishLimón—
5Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
6Persianلیموlemon; lime
7Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
8Mundarilembu—

Words derived from “limette”

  • Limette
  • limetă
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