English
limeless
From lime + -less.
Formed from lime + -less
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
Today it means
adj Without lime (the mineral).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / limeless