Etymograph

English

agropollution

From agro- + pollution.

Formed from agro- + pollution

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agro-

Proto-Indo-European *lew- ‘dirt, mud’

Latin polluō ‘to soil, defile, pollute, stain, foul’

Latin pollūtiō ‘defilement, desecration’

Anglo-Norman pollutiun

Middle English pollucioun ‘desecration, impurity’

English pollution

Today it means

noun Pollution that results from agricultural practices.

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

Etymograph / agropollution