Where does “expiate” come from?
expiate (Latin) comes from Latin expio, from Latin piō, from Proto-Italic *pīāō.
expiate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present active imperative of...
Ancestry of “expiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | expio | I make amends or atonement for a crime or a... |
| 2 | Latin | piō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *pīāō | — |