pollution
/pəˈluːʃən/puh-LOO-shuhn
/pəˈluʃən/puh-LOO-shuhn
Meaningthe act of polluting
Common meaning: dirtying of air, water or land
- polluto soil, defileLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1393 · scan
- tverb or noun ending (part of the Latin stem)
- ionnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latinpolluō, -ere‘to soil, defile’
- Englishpollute‘to contaminate’
- Englishformed in English from pollutepollution‘dirtying of air, water or land’ · 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: Formed in English from pollute + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), POLLUTE, p.454 · scan
Roots
- polluō, -ere Latin “to soil, defile”
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