myEtymology.com: English etymology of depurative

Etymology of the English word depurative

the English word depurative

derived from the English word depurate

derived from the Medieval Latin word depuratio (refinement)

derived from the Latin word depuratus (purified, made, become free of impurities)

derived from the Medieval Latin word depurare (purify; refine; clear)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word purare

derived from the Latin word purus (chaste, unpolluted by sex; plain; clear, limpid, free of mist; pure, clean, unsoiled)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peuə-

using the English suffix -ive

derived from the French suffix -ive

derived from the Latin suffix -ivus