Etymology

limes

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Today it means: A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire. Full definition →

Latin līmes
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limes · noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromlīmes
  2. English todaylimes

From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.

limes · noun2

Inflected forms.

Words from the same roots

Latinlīmes all →

limitForest of Lyme

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