Where does “inquinabile” come from?
inquinabile (Italian) comes from Italian inquinare, from Latin inquino, from Latin cunio, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweyn- — to make dirty, soil; filth; mud; to soil; mud;...
inquinabile (Italian): pollutable
Ancestry of “inquinabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | inquinare | to pollute; to corrupt, spoil |
| 2 | Latin | inquino | I pollute, defile, stain, befoul; I corrupt,... |
| 3 | Latin | cunio | to defecate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱweyn- | to make dirty, soil; filth; mud; to soil; mud;... |