Where does “liminaire” come from?

liminaire (French) comes from Latin līmināris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

liminaire (French): introductory

Definitions

  1. introductory

Ancestry of “liminaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlīminārisOf or pertaining to the threshold or lintel
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “liminaire”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →