English
inquination
Inquination comes from Latin inquinatio ‘pollution’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinquinatio‘pollution’
- Englishearliest quotation 1627inquination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinquinatio‘pollution’
- Englishearliest quotation 1627inquination
Earliest quotation: 1627, IX. Century.: “the middle action , which produceth such imperfect bodies…”
Every English word from Latin inquinatio
Today it means
noun defilement;pollution; stain or impurity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin inquinatio / inquination