Where does “expiar” come from?

expiar (Catalan) comes from Latin expio, from Latin piō, from Proto-Italic *pīāō — to expiate.

expiar (Catalan): to expiate, to atone for

Definitions

  1. to expiate, to atone for

Ancestry of “expiar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexpioI make amends or atonement for a crime or a...
2Latinpiōto appease, propitiate
3Proto-Italic*pīāōto expiate
Every word from Proto-Italic *pīāō →Every word from Latin piō →Every word from Latin expio →