expurgo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I purge, cleanse, purify; expurgate
- I exculpate, vindicate, justify, excuse
Etymology
Prefix from Latin pūrgō (I make pure, I cleanse).
Origin
Latin
pūrgō
Gloss
I make pure, I cleanse
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compurgation English
- compurgator English
- expurgate English
- expurgator English
- neo-purism English
- purgation English
- purgative English
- purgatory English
- purger English
- purification English
- purism English
- purity English
- spurge English
- ultrapurism English
- unexpurgated English
- computāre Latin
- expio Latin
- expiātus Latin
- expurgare Latin
- pio Latin
- purus Latin
- pūrgō Latin
- pūrificāre, pūrificō Latin
- puriste French
- expurgar Spanish, Castilian
- puro Spanish, Castilian
- *pew- Proto-Indo-European
- *pewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *puHrós Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtos Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtós Proto-Indo-European
- *puHyós Proto-Indo-European
- पुनाति Sanskrit
- úraigh Irish
- úrscéal Irish
- espurge Old French
- purgier Old French
- پاک Persian
- *pawākás Proto-Indo-Iranian