Where does “astergere” come from?

astergere (Italian) comes from Latin abstergēre, from Latin tergeō — to rub, wipe, wipe off, clean, cleanse.

astergere (Italian): To wipe clean

Definitions

  1. To wipe clean

Ancestry of “astergere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabstergēre—
2Latintergeōto rub, wipe, wipe off, clean, cleanse

Words derived from “astergere”

Every word from Latin tergeō →Every word from Latin abstergēre →