filth
English
/fɪlθ/
noun
Definitions
- Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
- Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
- (British) The police.
- (derogatory) A vile or disgusting person.
- (US) Weeds growing on pasture land.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English filth inherited from Old English fȳlþ inherited from *fūliþu suffix from English foul root from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (rotten, foul, rot, stink, pus).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*puH-
Gloss
rotten, foul, rot, stink, pus
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afoul English
- antifoul English
- befilth English
- befoul English
- filthen English
- filthify English
- filthily English
- filthiness English
- filthless English
- filthmonger English
- filthy English
- foul English
- foulable English
- foulbrood English
- fouler English
- fouleth English
- foulish English
- foully English
- foulmouth English
- foulmouthed English
- foulness English
- foulsome English
- monger English
- nonfoul English
- overfoul English
- putrescent English
- unfilthy English
- puteo Latin
- puteo, putēre Latin
- puter Latin
- puter, putrem Latin
- puteō Latin
- putrefacio Latin
- putrefactio Latin
- putrefactiō Latin
- putreo Latin
- putridus Latin
- putrēre Latin
- putēre Latin
- pūs Latin
- pūteō Latin
- pūtōrem Latin
- Foul German
- puzzare Italian
- puzzore Italian
- pourriture French
- πυός Ancient Greek
- πύον Ancient Greek
- πῦον Ancient Greek
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtós Proto-Indo-European
- *púH-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *fūlaz Proto-Germanic
- *fūô Proto-Germanic
- foula Swedish
- faul Polish
- fylþ Old English
- fȳlþ Old English
- filth Middle English
- filthy Middle English
- foul Middle English
- փուտ Old Armenian
- putréfier Middle French
- *fūliþu gmw-pro
- *putso Proto-Albanian
- *spHul Proto-Albanian