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Where does “loomless” come from?

loomless (English) comes from English loom, from Middle English lome, from Old English lōme, from Old English ġelōme, from Proto-Germanic galōma, from Proto-Germanic galōmiz.

loomless (English): Without a loom

Definitions

  1. Without a loom

Ancestry of “loomless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishloomA utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in...
2Middle Englishlomeusually, commonly; A machine, device, or...
3Old Englishlōme—
4Old Englishġelōmeoften, frequently, continually, repeatedly
5Proto-Germanicgalōma—
6Proto-Germanicgalōmiz—
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