myEtymology.com: English etymology of purgatorial

Etymology of the English word purgatorial

the English word purgatorial

derived from the English word purgatory

derived from the Old French word purgatoire

derived from the Latin word purgatorium (purgatory)

derived from the Latin word purgatorius

derived from the Late Latin word purgator

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 -al

derived from the Latin suffix -alis