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Where does “purgatoire” come from?

purgatoire (French) comes from Latin pūrgātōrium, from Latin purgātōrius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

purgatoire (French): purgatory

Definitions

  1. purgatory

Ancestry of “purgatoire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūrgātōrium—
2Latinpurgātōrius—
3Latin-tōrius—
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →