Etymology

squalid

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Today it means: Extremely dirty and unpleasant. Full definition →

Latin squālidu ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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squalid · adjective1

  1. Latinsquālus
  2. Latinsquālor
  3. Latinsquāleō
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  5. Latinsquālidu
  6. English todaysqualid

Learned borrowing from Latin squālidus, from squālēre (“to be rough or dirty”).

squalid · noun2

  1. taxonomic name · derived fromSqualidae
  2. English todaysqualid

From taxonomic name Squalidae.

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