Where does “limitar” come from?

limitar (Spanish) comes from Latin līmitāre, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

limitar (Spanish): to limit; to abut, to border

Definitions

  1. to limit; to abut, to border

Ancestry of “limitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlīmitāre—
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 “limitar”

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