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Loomis Surname Origin
(Origin Welsh) Locality. From lom, bare, naked, exposed, and maes, a field, a name of place--the place in the open field.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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'We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn ... betrays its ancestor.' --Ralph Waldo Emerson