Etymograph

English

loamless

From loam + -less.

Formed from loam + -less

Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’

Proto-Germanic *laimaz ‘loam, mud, clay’

Proto-West Germanic *laim

Old English lām ‘clay, mud, mire, earth’

Middle English lom ‘Clay’

English loam

Today it means

adj Without loam.

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

Etymograph / loamless