limbo
意味
- 辺獄,地獄の辺境(天国と地獄の間にあり,洗礼を受けないで死んだ子供,異教徒などの霊魂が住むとされる所)
拘留所; 無視; 忘却; 不安定, 中間(の状態);(なおざりにされ忘れ去られたものの)捨て場所
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is derived from Middle English limbo, lymbo (“place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven”), from Latin limbō, the ablative singular of limbus (“border, edge; hem; fringe, tassel”) (notably in expressions like in limbō (“in limbo”) and e limbō (“out of limbo”)); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang limply or loosely”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”). Doublet of limp. The verb is derived from the noun.