myEtymology.com: English etymology of expurgatory

Etymology of the English word expurgatory

the English word expurgatory

derived from the English word expurgate

derived from the Latin word expurgatio (justification, vindication; excuse)

derived from the Latin word expurgatus (expurgated; purified, cleaned up)

derived from the Classical Latin word expurgare (cleanse, purify; exculpate)

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs

derived from the Latin word purgare (make clean, cleanse; excuse)

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 -ory