Etymology of the English word purging
the English word
purgingderived from the English word
purgederived from the Old French word
purgerderived 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-derived from the Old French word
purgierderived 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English
