Where does “verschmutzen” come from?
verschmutzen (German) comes from German Schmutz, from Middle High German smuz.
verschmutzen (German): to soil
Definitions
- to soil
Ancestry of “verschmutzen”, step by step
verschmutzen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ver- -en | Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" |