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Where does “limitál” come from?

limitál (Hungarian) comes from German limitieren, 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,...

limitál (Hungarian): to limit

Definitions

  1. to limit

Ancestry of “limitál”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlimitierento limit
2Frenchlimiterto mark, to limit; to limit
3Latinlīmitō—
4Latinlīmes—
5Latinlīmus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
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