English
filthy
Filthy comes from Middle English filthy.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500filthy
- Englishearliest quotation 1934same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500filthy
- Englishearliest quotation 1934same form
Earliest quotation: 1934, Ernest Bramah: “Oh, that filthy dream again. Nightmares are bad enough…”
Formed from filth + -y
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
Every English word from Middle English filthy
Today it means
adj Covered with filth; very dirty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English filthy / filthy