Where does “expurgator” come from?
expurgator (English) comes from English expurgate, from Latin expurgātus, from Latin expurgo, from Latin pūrgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
expurgator (English): One who expurgates
Definitions
- One who expurgates
Ancestry of “expurgator”, step by step
expurgator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expurgate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expurgate | To edit out from a book or other publication; to... |
| 2 | Latin | expurgātus | purged, cleansed, purified, expurgated |
| 3 | Latin | expurgo | I purge, cleanse, purify; expurgate; I exculpate,... |
| 4 | Latin | pūrgō | to clean, cleanse, clear, purge, purify |
| 5 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |