English word boundary comes from English bound (limit, landmark) and -ary (an adjective indicating pertainingness). Its core part bound comes from Latin butina (a bound, limit), which is of unknown ultimate origin
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| bound | English (en) | (dated) Constipated; costive.. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).. (with infinitive) Very likely (to).. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.. To [...] |
| -ary | English (en) | (mathematics) having the specified arity.. Of or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. |
| boundary | English (en) | (cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.. (cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.. (topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.. The [...] |
