lutum.
mud, dirt, clay; (for modelling/building); [pro ~ => common as dirt]; weld/plant giving yellow dye (Reseda Luteola); the dye; yellow color; (long u);
Meaning & usage
soil, dirt, mire, mud
loam, clay
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”). Cognate with Old Irish loth (“mud”), Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth”), Albanian lym (“mud”), Lithuanian liutýnas (“loam pit”).
The plant Reseda luteola used in dyeing yellow; weld, dyer's weed.
The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Maybe from Old Latin clūtum (/glūtum/), from an extended form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) (compare Latin fel, helvus, holus), but the required suffixation of the root would be unusual. More likely from a substrate source along the lines of *(w)lut- related to the source of Proto-West Germanic *waldu (“dyer's weed”) (< *wolt-).
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