myEtymology.com: French etymology of purgatif

Etymology of the French word purgatif

the French word purgatif

derived from the Late Latin word purgativus

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-

Romanian purgativ

Italian purgativo, Spanish purgativo