English
limeworking
From lime + working.
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
noun The processing of limestone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / limeworking