Where does “lintel” come from?

lintel (Old French) comes from Latin lintellus, from Latin limitellus, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

lintel (Old French): lintel (beam)

Definitions

  1. lintel (beam)

Ancestry of “lintel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlintellus—
2Latinlimitellus—
3Latinlīmeslimit, border, path
4Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “lintel”

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