Etymograph

English

filthmonger

From filth + monger.

A compound of filth + monger

Proto-Indo-European *puH- ‘to be rotten’

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Proto-West Germanic *fūl ‘foul, dirty’

Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu ‘foulness, rottenness, filth’

Old English fȳlþu

Middle English filth

English filth

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

English monger

Today it means

noun A purveyor of filth or obscenity.

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

Etymograph / filthmonger