Where does “limitator” come from?
limitator (Romanian) comes from Romanian limită, 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,...
limitator (Romanian): limiter
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Ancestry of “limitator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | limită | limit; third-person singular simple perfect... |
| 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,... |