lame

lame
{{11}}lame (adj.) O.E. lama "crippled, lame; paralytic, weak," from P.Gmc. *lamon (Cf. O.N. lami, Du., O.Fris. lam, Ger. lahm "lame"), "weak-limbed," lit. "broken," from PIE root *lem- "to break; broken," with derivatives meaning "crippled" (Cf. O.C.S. lomiti "to break," Lith. luomas "lame"). In M.E., "crippled in the feet," but also "crippled in the hands; disabled by disease; maimed." Sense of "socially awkward" is attested from 1942. Noun meaning "crippled persons collectively" is in late Old English.
{{12}}lame (n.) "silk interwoven with metallic threads," 1922, from Fr. lame, earlier "thin metal plate (especially in armor), gold wire; blade; wave (of the sea)," from M.Fr. lame, from L. lamina, lamna "thin piece or flake of metal."
{{12}}lame (v.) "to make lame," c.1300, from LAME (Cf. lame) (adj.). Related: Lamed; laming.

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