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Where does “Tempolimit” come from?

Tempolimit (German) comes from German Limit, from English limit, from Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Tempolimit (German): speed limit

Definitions

  1. speed limit

Ancestry of “Tempolimit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLimitlimit
2EnglishlimitA restriction; a bound beyond which one may not...
3Middle Englishlimit—
4Old Frenchlimit—
5Latinlīmes—
6Latinlīmus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
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