Where does “limit” come from?
limit (Middle English) comes 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,...
Ancestry of “limit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | limit | — |
| 2 | Latin | līmes | — |
| 3 | Latin | līmus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
Words derived from “limit”