The story
- Late Latin · derived fromdelimitare“to mark out the limits”
- French · borrowed fromdélimiter
- English todaydeliminate
From French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare (“to mark out the limits”), from de- + limitare (“to limit, bound”); see limit.
Words from the same roots
Frenchdélimiter all →
delimitdelimitate
Late Latindelimitare all →
delimitate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.