Etymology of the Latin word purgare
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
*peuÉ™-Derivations in Latin
purgatus,
purgator,
purgans,
circumpurgare,
expurgare,
perpurgare,
repurgare,
compurgare,
conpurgare,
depurgare,
purgativus,
purgamentum,
purgaturaDerivations in other languages
French
purger, French
purgier, Italian
purgare, Portuguese
purgar, Spanish
porgar
