Where does “limitar” come from?
limitar (Venetian) comes from Latin limitare, from Latin limito, from Latin limes, from Latin limus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
limitar (Venetian): to limit, restrict; to bound
Definitions
- to limit, restrict; to bound
Ancestry of “limitar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | limitare | present active infinitive of līmitō;... |
| 2 | Latin | limito | I limit, delimit, bound; I fix, settle, determine |
| 3 | Latin | limes | limit, border, path; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | limus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways; mud, slime,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |