Etymograph

English

adulterateness

From adulterate + -ness.

A compound of adulterate + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’

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Proto-Italic *aliteros ‘other (of two)’

Latin alterum/alteram

Latin adulterō ‘to adulterate, defile, commit adultery…’

Latin adulterātus ‘adulterate, adulterated, defiled, polluted,…’

English adulterate

Today it means

noun The state or quality of being adulterate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / adulterateness