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-