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It may not be a Latin root.
I tend to think the root starts from "lam" : beat soundly (Scand. origin)
.. beat so as to cripple, LAME. - syn. lamBASTE ( year: XVII) ..
Simply since the 'fingers' of these are bent up and either forward (female)
or bent backwards (male).
The double angle 'bending' might be described by lam.
The other possible - and I don't relate it myself - lamb -
lamb-us (Latin)
Martin
Paul Monfils wrote:
> Can’t see the connection, if in fact there is one, but the Latin root
> “lamb-” means to wash or bathe.
>
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> On 11/29/09 6:04 PM, "Franck Frydman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello,
> Would somebody know the etymology and meaning of the word "lambis"?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Franck Frydman
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