English

limeberry

From lime + berry.

A compound of lime + berry

Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’

Proto-Germanic *līmaz ‘glue, lime’

Proto-West Germanic *līm ‘glue’

Old English līm ‘glue’

Middle English lyme ‘organ, body part’

English lime

Proto-Germanic *bazją

Proto-West Germanic *baʀi

Old English berġe

Middle English berie ‘a berry’

English berry

Today it means

noun A spiny evergreen shrub or small tree of species Triphasia trifolia, of tropical southeastern Asia.

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

Etymograph / limeberry