Where does “limitabil” come from?
limitabil (Romanian) comes from French limitable, from French limiter, from Latin līmitō, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
limitabil (Romanian): limitable
Definitions
- limitable
Ancestry of “limitabil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | limitable | limitable |
| 2 | French | limiter | to mark, to limit; to limit |
| 3 | Latin | līmitō | to limit, delimit, bound |
| 4 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 5 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |