Where does “polluō” come from?

polluō (Latin) comes from Latin luō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

polluō (Latin): to soil, defile, pollute, stain, foul

Definitions

  1. to soil, defile, pollute, stain, foul

Ancestry of “polluō”, step by step

polluō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin luō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinluōto wash
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Proto-Indo-European lēw-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

Words derived from “polluō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Latin luō →