English
lamister
From lam (“fleeing, on the run”) + -ist + -er.
Formed from lam ‘fleeing, on the run’ + -ist + -er
Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- ‘weak, broken, soft’
Proto-Germanic *lamaz ‘lame’
Proto-Germanic *lamjaną ‘to lame, cripple’
Old English lemian ‘to lame’
Middle English lamen
English lam
Today it means
noun A person who is on the run from law enforcement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lamister