pollute
/pəˈluːt/puh-LOOT
/pəˈlut/puh-LOOT
Meaningto defile
Common meaning: to contaminate
- polluto soil, defileLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1393 · scan
- teverb or noun ending (part of the Latin stem)
Journey through time
- Latinpolluō, -ere‘to soil, defile’
- Englishpollute‘to contaminate’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin polluō ‘to soil, defile’.
Roots
- polluō, -ere Latin “to soil, defile”
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