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· Proto-Germanic
*fūlaz
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic
*fūlaz
, most common first.
foul
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
defile
To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.