myEtymology.com: English etymology of purifying

Etymology of the English word purifying

the English word purifying

derived from the English word purify

derived from the Old French word purifier

derived from the Late Latin word purificare (purify, make ceremonially, ritually pure)

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 Late Latin suffix -ficare

derived from the Latin word facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)

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