English

limequat

Blend of lime + kumquat.

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

Cantonese 金橘

Today it means

noun A citrus tree, a cross between a lime and a kumquat, Citrus × floridana

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

Etymograph / limequat