loam的词源

英文词源

loam

loam: see lime

loam (n.)

Old English lam "clay, mud, mire, earth," from Proto-Germanic *laimaz (cognates: Old Saxon lemo, Dutch leem, German Lehm "loam"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1660s. As a verb from c. 1600.

中文词源

loam：肥沃土壤

来自古英语lam,污泥，泥沼，来自PIE*slei,黏，滑，词源同slime,slip,lime.引申词义肥沃土壤。

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