English

limy

From lime + -y.

A compound of lime + -y

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 containing or resembling lime

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