Where does “liminare” come from?

liminare (Italian) comes from Latin līmināris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

liminare (Italian): liminal

Definitions

  1. liminal

Ancestry of “liminare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlīminārisOf or pertaining to the threshold or lintel
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →