unpolluted

English

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English polluted

English unpolluted

From un- + polluted.

Adjective

unpolluted (comparative more unpolluted, superlative most unpolluted)

1. Not polluted; uncontaminated.
   • 1908 January 4, John Muir, “The Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin‎^[1], volume VI, number 4:

     "Hetch Hetchy water is the purest, wholly unpolluted, and forever unpollutable."

Translations

uncontaminated

• Italian: incontaminato (it)
• Latin: impollutus, incoinquinātus (Late Latin)

Etymology 2

Verb

unpolluted

1. simple past and past participle of unpollute