Etymology

limbus

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Today it means: A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea. Full definition →

Middle English limbus ← Latin limbus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlimbus“edge, border”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlimbus
  3. English todaylimbus

From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”).

Words from the same roots

Latinlimbus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.