polluo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I soil, defile, pollute, stain, foul.
- (figuratively) I contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, pollute, defile.
Etymology
Affix from Latin lavō (I wash, wash, bathe, cleanse).
Origin
Latin
lavō
Gloss
I wash, wash, bathe, cleanse
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablution English
- *lavatūra Latin
- abluo Latin
- aequilavium Latin
- alluo Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- diluo Latin
- diluvium Latin
- eluo Latin
- lavabrum Latin
- lavandena Latin
- lavatio Latin
- lavatorium Latin
- lavatōrium Latin
- lavō Latin
- lotium Latin
- perlavo Latin
- perlavāre Latin
- perlavō Latin
- subluo Latin
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *lowh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- lava Portuguese
- llavar Catalan, Valencian
- lături Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lăun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- лосион Bulgarian
- lau Aromanian