myEtymology.com: English etymology of adulterated

Etymology of the English word adulterated

the English word adulterated

derived from the English word adulterate

derived from the Latin word adulteratio (adulteration; corruption, debasement by spurious admixture)

derived from the Latin word adulteratus (mixed, adulterated; produced by crossbreeding)

derived from the Latin word adulterare (commit adultery, defile)

using the Latin prefix ad- (to, in addition)

derived from the Latin word ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)

derived from the Latin word alterare

derived from the Latin word alter (one; second, another; second, further, next)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *al-