Where does “expunge” come from?
expunge (Latin) comes from Latin expungo, from Latin pungō, from Proto-Italic pungō, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.
expunge (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular present active imperative...
Ancestry of “expunge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | expungo | I strike out, cross out, blot out, erase; I... |
| 2 | Latin | pungō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pungō | to prick, to sting |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |