English
limbus
Limbus comes from Latin limbus ‘edge, border’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElimbus‘edge, border’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘limbo’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElimbus‘edge, border’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘limbo’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin limbus ‘edge, border’
Today it means
noun A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin limbus / limbus