limit
/ˈlɪmət/LIH-muht
/ˈlɪmət/LIH-muht
Meaninga border
Common meaning: a boundary
Other meanings: to restrict
- limita boundary path, borderLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1066 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinlīmes, -itis‘a boundary path, border’
- Frenchlimiter
- Englishlimit‘a boundary’ · today
limit also in: limitation
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin līmes ‘a boundary path, border’.
Roots
- līmes, -itis Latin “a boundary path, border”
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