Where does “purgee” come from?
purgee (English) comes from English purge, from Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
purgee (English): The victim of a purge
Definitions
- The victim of a purge
Ancestry of “purgee”, step by step
purgee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English purge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | purge | An act of purging; An evacuation of the bowels or... |
| 2 | Middle English | purgen | To cleanse or purify; to remove impurities |
| 3 | Old French | purgier | to purge |
| 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 |