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loam
O.E.
lam
"clay, mud, mire, earth," from P.Gmc.
*laimaz
(cf. O.S.
lemo,
Du.
leem,
Ger.
Lehm
), from PIE root
*lai-/*li-
"to be sticky" (see
lime
(1)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1664.
