Where does “purgatif” come from?

purgatif (French) comes from Latin purgativus, from Latin pūrgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

purgatif (French): purgative

Definitions

  1. purgative

Ancestry of “purgatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpurgativuspurgative, cathartic
2Latinpūrgōto clean, cleanse, clear, purge, purify
3Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “purgatif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →
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