wem

Meaning

A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.

Translations

anstecken

beschmutzen

Ehebruch begehen

panschen

verschmutzen

verunreinigen

kontaminieren

verpesten

Ehe brechen

eine Krankheit übertragen

βεβηλώνω

μολύνω

contaminer

corrompre

contaminar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wem

Inherited from Old English: wamm

Cognate with Icelandic: vamm

Cognate with Latin: vomō

Cognate with English: vomit

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἐμέω

Cognate with English: emesis

Cognate with Lithuanian: vemti

Cognate with Sanskrit: वमति

In summary

From Middle English wem, wemme, from Old English womm (“stain, spot”), from Proto-Germanic *wammaz (“stain, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Icelandic vamm (“loss, damage”), Latin vomō (“to vomit”, verb) (whence English vomit), Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō, “to spew”) (English emesis), Lithuanian vémti (“to vomit”), Sanskrit वमति (vamati, “to vomit”). The sense development would be "vomit" > "stain", "fault".