Where does “purgatorium” come from?

purgatorium (Late Latin) comes 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.

purgatorium (Late Latin): cleansing

Definitions

  1. cleansing

Ancestry of “purgatorium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpurgatoriuscleansing, purgative, purgatory
2LatinpurgoI clean; I purge
3LatinagoI act, I behave; I do or make continuously or...
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “purgatorium”

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