myEtymology.com: French etymology of purgatoire

Etymology of the French word purgatoire

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-

Word found in Old French