Where does “limit” come from?
limit (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Limit, from English limit, from Middle English limit, 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,...
limit (Serbo-Croatian): boundary; boundary that cannot be surpassed
Definitions
- boundary; boundary that cannot be surpassed
Ancestry of “limit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Limit | limit restriction |
| 2 | English | limit | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not... |
| 3 | Middle English | limit | — |
| 4 | Old French | limit | — |
| 5 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 6 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |