Etymograph

English

glommer

From glom + -er.

A compound of glom + -er

Proto-West Germanic *klammjan ‘to clamp’

Old English clæmman ‘to pinch, press, inclose’

Middle English *clammen

English glaum ‘to grab or snatch at’

English glom

Today it means

noun A person who steals.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / glommer