Where does “limit” come from?

limit (Indonesian) comes from Dutch limiet, from Middle Dutch limiten, from Old French limite, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

limit (Indonesian): limit

Definitions

  1. limit

Ancestry of “limit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlimietlimit
2Middle Dutchlimiten—
3Old Frenchlimite—
4Latinlīmeslimit, border, path
5Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “limit”

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