English
limbic
Limbic comes from Latin limbus ‘edge, border’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElimbus‘edge, border’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimbique
- Englishtodaylimbic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElimbus‘edge, border’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimbique
- Englishtodaylimbic
Linked words
through Latin limbus ‘edge, border’
Today it means
adj Relating to the limbic system.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin limbus / limbic