myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of purificazione

Etymology of the Italian word purificazione

the Italian word purificazione

derived from the Latin word purificatio (purification, purifying; making ritually clean)

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-

Cognates

French purification, Spanish purificacion