Where does “loamy” come from?
Loamy derives from Middle English loam plus the suffix -y, which comes from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
loamy (English): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of...
Definitions
- Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of...
Ancestry of “loamy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | loam | A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt... |
| 2 | Middle High German | leime | — |
| 3 | Old High German | leimo | loam |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *laimō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | laimô | clay |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
Words derived from “loamy”