myEtymology.com: French etymology of purifier

Etymology of the French word purifier

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-

Derivations in French

purifiant

Derivations in other languages

English purify, Romanian purifica

Cognates

Italian purificare, Spanish purificar

Usage

Word found in Old French