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
1	Galician	limar	to file; first/third-person singular future...
2	Latin	līmō	to sharpen
3	Latin	lima	file
4	Spanish	lima	lime; lemon; file
5	Spanish	Limón	lemon
6	Arabic	لَيْمُون	lemon, lime
7	Persian	لیمو	lemon; lime
8	Sanskrit	निम्बू	common lime or lemon
9	Mundari	lembu	—

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