Latin

līmes

‘a limit set between two estates or fields, border, boundary’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin līmes.

11 English words in this record descend from Latin līmes, most familiar first.

• limit
• limitation ← limitatio ← līmitō
• limes
• delimitation ← délimiter ← dēlīmitō ← limitō
• delimit ← délimiter ← dēlīmitō ← līmitō
• delimitate ← délimiter ← delimitare ← limitō
• deliminate ← délimiter ← delimitare ← limitō
• limitrophe ← limitrophus
• limitate ← līmitātus ← līmitō
• limitary ← līmitāris
• limitaneous ← limitaneus

Etymograph / Latin līmes