Where does “limes” come from?
limes (Galician) comes from Galician limar, from Latin līmō, from Latin lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू.
limes (Galician): second-person singular present subjunctive of...
Definitions
- second-person singular present subjunctive of...
Ancestry of “limes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | limar | to file; first/third-person singular future... |
| 2 | Latin | līmō | — |
| 3 | Latin | lima | file |
| 4 | Spanish | lima | lime; lemon; file |
| 5 | Spanish | Limón | — |
| 6 | Arabic | لَيْمُون | lemon, lime |
| 7 | Persian | لیمو | lemon; lime |
| 8 | Sanskrit | निम्बू | common lime or lemon |
| 9 | Mundari | lembu | — |