souiller

French

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to soil, sully, dirty
  • (transitive) to make unclean or impure; defile, profane
  • (figuratively) to blacken, besmirch, defile

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French souiller inherited from Old French soillier derived from Frankish *sauljan derived from Proto-Germanic *sulwōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (thick liquid, muck).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sūl-

Gloss

thick liquid, muck

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