Etymology

limen

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Today it means: A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. Full definition →

Latin līmen
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromlīmen“threshold”
  2. English todaylimen

Learned borrowing from Latin līmen (“threshold”).

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