English
limace
Limace comes from French limace ‘slug’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y-m-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sleh₁y-m-reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλεῖμαξ
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElimax‘slug, snail’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*limaceareconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimace‘slug’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sleh₁y-m-reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλεῖμαξ
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElimax‘slug, snail’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*limaceareconstructed
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimace‘slug’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860same form
Earliest quotation: 1860, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Once a Week: “I took heart of grace, and for the first…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y-m-
Today it means
noun A slug (mollusk).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y-m- / limace