English
limoniform
Limoniform comes from Italian limone ‘lemon’, and goes back to Sanskrit निम्बू.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlimone‘lemon’
- Englishtodaylimoniform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlimone‘lemon’
- Englishtodaylimoniform
Linked words
through Sanskrit निम्बू ‘the common lime or lemon’
through Arabic لَيْمُون ‘lemon (fruit)’
through Italian limone ‘lemon’
Today it means
adj Shaped like a lemon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit निम्बू / limoniform