Where does “purificans” come from?

purificans (Latin) comes from Latin pūrificō, from Latin -ficō, from Latin -ficus, from Proto-Italic -fakos — -making, -producing.

purificans (Latin): purifying; cleansing

Definitions

  1. purifying; cleansing

Ancestry of “purificans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūrificōto purify (ritually)
2Latin-ficōforms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify
3Latin-ficusForms adjectives that denote bringing or making
4Proto-Italic-fakos-making, -producing
Every word from Proto-Italic -fakos →Every word from Latin -ficō →Every word from Latin -ficus →