English
lamster
From lam + -ster.
A compound of lam + -ster
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 fugitive from justice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lamster