Where does “purgatorio” come from?
purgatorio (Galician) comes from Late Latin purgatorium, from Latin purgatorius, from Latin purgo, from Latin ago, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
purgatorio (Galician): purgatory
Definitions
- purgatory
Ancestry of “purgatorio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | purgatorium | cleansing |
| 2 | Latin | purgatorius | cleansing, purgative, purgatory |
| 3 | Latin | purgo | I clean; I purge |
| 4 | Latin | ago | I act, I behave; I do or make continuously or... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |