pollute的词源

英文词源

pollute (v.)

late 14c., "to defile," a back formation from pollution, or else from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere "to defile, pollute, contaminate." Related: Polluted; polluting. Meaning "make physically foul" is from 1540s; specific sense "contaminate the environment" emerged from late 19c.

中文词源

pollute：弄脏，污染；腐蚀  

来源于拉丁语动词polluere(弄脏)。

词根词缀： -pollut-弄脏 + -e

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pollute 词源，pollute 含义。

pollute：使污染

来自拉丁语pollurere,抹上泥土，弄脏，玷污，来自前缀por-在字母l开头前的异化形式pol-,在前，向前，luere,涂抹，弄脏，流出，流出泥浆，词源同liniment,delete.在14世纪时用于词义遗精，后于19世纪中期用于词义污染，并成为主要词义。