Where does “expiate” come from?

expiate (Latin) comes from Latin expio, from Latin piō, from Proto-Italic *pīāō — to expiate.

expiate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “expiate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexpioI make amends or atonement for a crime or a...
2Latinpiōto appease, propitiate
3Proto-Italic*pīāōto expiate
Every word from Proto-Italic *pīāōEvery word from Latin piōEvery word from Latin expio
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