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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English foul, [[inh|ang|fūl|t=rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) source also of Dutch vuil, German [[m|de|faul|t=rotten, lazy]], Old Norse fúll and Gothic fūls, stinking,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *pu-, to rot, decay, perhaps from the sound made on smelling something bad;^(Etymonline) Latin pūs, pus, and putēre, to stink, are cognate.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is Middle English foul, [[inh|ang|fūl|t=rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[gem-pro|*fūlaz]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) source also of [[nl|vuil]], German [[m|de|faul|t=rotten, lazy]], [[non|fúll]] and [[got|𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃|tr=fūls]], stinking,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*pu-]], to rot, decay, perhaps from the sound made on smelling something bad;^(Etymonline) [[la|pūs]], pus, and [[m|la|putēre]], to stink, are cognate.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==