Proto-Indo-European

*Heh₃l-

‘to bow, to bend’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-, most familiar first.

• limit ← līmes ← līmus ← *līmos
• limitation ← limitatio ← līmitō ← līmes ← līmus
• sublime ← sublimen ← sublimer ← sublīmāre ← sublimō
• ell ← elle ← eln ← *alinu ← *alinō
• limes ← līmus ← *līmos
• subliminal ← līminālis ← līmen
• delimitation ← délimiter ← dēlīmitō ← limitō ← līmes
• ulna ← *olenā ← *Heh₃l(e)n-
• delimit ← délimiter ← dēlīmitō ← līmitō ← līmes
• delimitate ← délimiter ← delimitare ← limitō ← līmes
• deliminate ← délimiter ← delimitare ← limitō ← līmes
• limitrophe ← limitrophus ← līmes ← līmus ← *līmos

More words from *Heh₃l-

• limitate
• limitary
• limitaneous

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-