Where does “expunge” come from?
Expunge comes from Latin expungere, composed of ex and pungere, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
expunge (English): To erase or strike out; To eliminate completely;...
Definitions
- To erase or strike out; To eliminate completely;...
Ancestry of “expunge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | expungo | I strike out, cross out, blot out, erase; I... |
| 2 | Latin | pungō | to prick; to puncture; to sting |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pungō | to prick, to sting |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |
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