Where does “Vermüllung” come from?
Vermüllung (German) comes from German vermüllen, from German müllen, from German Müll, from English mull, from Middle English mollen, from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin molliāre — to soften, to melt.
Vermüllung (German): littering
Definitions
- littering
Ancestry of “Vermüllung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vermüllen | to litter |
| 2 | German | müllen | to make garbage |
| 3 | German | Müll | trash, garbage, refuse, waste, junk; nonsense |
| 4 | English | mull | To work mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; To... |
| 5 | Middle English | mollen | to soften by wetting |
| 6 | Old French | moillier | to wet |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | molliare | to soften by soaking; second-person singular... |
| 8 | Latin | molliāre | soak, drench |
| 9 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 10 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |