Etymology

delimit

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Today it means: To mark or fix the limits of. Full definition →

French délimiter ← Late Latin dēlīmitō
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromdēlīmitō“to mark out the limits”
  2. French · borrowed fromdélimiter
  3. English todaydelimit

From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“to mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“to limit, to bound”); see limit.

Words from the same roots

Frenchdélimiter all →

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