Etymograph

English

lemel

Lemel comes from Middle English lymail ‘metal filings, lemel’, from Latin limo ‘to file’, and ultimately from līma.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīma‘a file’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElimo‘to file’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElimareform of limo
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400limaille
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lymail‘metal filings, lemel’
  6. Englishtodaylemel

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīma‘a file’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElimo‘to file’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElimareform of limo
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400limaille
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lymail‘metal filings, lemel’
  6. Englishtodaylemel

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sley-

slime, 1 more

Today it means

noun metal filings

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin līma / lemel

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