Where does “milieuvervuiling” come from?

milieuvervuiling (Dutch) comes from Dutch milieu, from French milieu, from Middle French milieu, from Old French milliu, from Old French lieu, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.

milieuvervuiling (Dutch): A case of, or the phenomenon, environmental...

Definitions

  1. A case of, or the phenomenon, environmental...

Ancestry of “milieuvervuiling”, step by step

milieuvervuiling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch milieu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmilieuenvironment; milieu
2Frenchmilieumiddle; center; setting; environment;...
3Middle Frenchmilieu—
4Old Frenchmilliu—
5Old Frenchlieu—
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Dutch vervuiling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvervuilingpollution
2Middle Dutchvervulinge—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →