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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlimit
2Latinlīmeslimit, border, path
3Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “limit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂-
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