Where does “purificare” come from?
purificare (Latin) comes from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
Ancestry of “purificare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pūrus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |