English

limit line

From limit + line.

A compound of limit + line

Latin līmus ‘askew’

Latin līmes ‘a cross-path or balk between fields’

Old French limit

Middle English limit

English limit

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Today it means

noun A transverse road marking indicating the point at which a vehicle must stop.

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

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