Etymology of the Latin word purgatorius
the Latin word
purgatoriusderived from the Late Latin word
purgatorderived 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-Derivations in Latin
purgatoriumDerivations in other languages
Italian
purgatorio, Portuguese
purgatório, Romanian
purgatoriu, Spanish
purgatorioUsage
Word found in Late Latin, Church Latin
