Where does “purgatorian” come from?
purgatorian (English) comes from English purgatory, from Middle English purgatorie, from Old French purgatore, from Latin pūrgātōrium, from Latin purgātōrius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
purgatorian (English): One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory
Definitions
- One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory
Ancestry of “purgatorian”, step by step
purgatorian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English purgatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | purgatory | Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory; Any... |
| 2 | Middle English | purgatorie | Purgatory place of cleansing before entry to Heaven |
| 3 | Old French | purgatore | — |
| 4 | Latin | pūrgātōrium | a purgative |
| 5 | Latin | purgātōrius | of or related to making clean, purificatory |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |