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Where does “absterge” come from?

absterge (English) comes from Latin abstergēre, from Latin tergeō.

absterge (English): To make clean by wiping; to wipe away

Definitions

  1. To make clean by wiping; to wipe away

Ancestry of “absterge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstergēre—
2Latintergeō—
Every word from Latin tergeō →