Where does “filthy” come from?
Filthy comes from Middle English filthy, from Old English fylþig, meaning "full of filth or unclean," derived from the noun filth.
filthy (English): Covered with filth; very dirty; Obscene or...
Definitions
- Covered with filth; very dirty; Obscene or...
Ancestry of “filthy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | filth | Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles;... |
| 2 | Middle English | filth | — |
| 3 | Old English | fȳlþu | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fūliþu | foulness, rottenness, filth |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fūl | foul, dirty |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fūlaz | foul, dirty; rotten |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pū- | rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,... |
Words derived from “filthy”