limousine

Meaning

Noun

• An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
• An automobile with such a body.
• A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
• An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.

Origin

• Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.