myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of purgator

Etymology of the Latin word purgator

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-

Italian purgatore, Spanish purgador

Word found in Late Latin