köken: From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Cognate with German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal, Swedish avfall. Compare typologically Bulgarian отпадък (otpadǎk), Czech otpad, Serbo-Croatian отпад (< Proto-Slavic *otъpadъ < *otъ + *padati). Also compare French déchet (<< Latin dēcidō < dē- + cadō).
to annihilate, eradicate, completely destroy (to reduce to nothing, put an end to; for example, a city, civilization) · to destroy, kill (bacteria, germs)
köken: From Middle Dutch afval, shortening of slachtafval (“that which fell off from slaughtered meat.”), equivalent to af + val or a deverbal from afvallen. Compare English offal.
köken: From Ancient Greek ἀπόρριμμα (apórrhimma), from ἀπορρίπτω (aporrhíptō). Compare typologically German Ausschuss, Russian отбро́с (otbrós), see απορρίμματα (aporrímmata) for more.
köken: Uncertain. Nihon Kokugo Daijiten cites numerous theories from earlier dictionaries. These include: * Shortened from チリゴミ (chirigomi “dispersed in; scattered upon”); see 散(ち)る (chiru), 込(こ)む (komu) * From コミ (komi “flooding”), perhaps from waste dispersed in flood waters * Shortened from コヅミ (kozumi “stacks; that which accumulates”); see 積(つむ) (tsumu) * From クヅツミ(屑積) (kuzutsumi “waste”); see 屑(くず)…
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit कच्चर (kaccara, “dirty, vile”). Compare Gujarati કચરો (kacro), Marathi कचरा (kaċrā). as well as phonologically similar terms such as Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀯𑀸𑀭 (kaccavāra), Sanskrit कङ्कर (kaṅkara), कट्वर (kaṭvara), etc. The variety of forms points to a substrate borrowing; compare Kannada ಕಸ (kasa, “dirt”), Tamil கசடு (kacaṭu).