Where does “limitable” come from?

limitable (French) comes from French limiter, from Latin līmitō, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

limitable (French): limitable

Definitions

  1. limitable

Ancestry of “limitable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlimiterto mark, to limit; to limit
2Latinlīmitōto limit, delimit, bound
3Latinlīmeslimit, border, path
4Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “limitable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- →Every word from Latin līmus →