Where does “purgatorie” come from?
purgatorie (Middle English) comes from Old French purgatore, from Latin pūrgātōrium, from Latin purgātōrius, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
purgatorie (Middle English): Purgatory place of cleansing before entry to Heaven
Definitions
- Purgatory place of cleansing before entry to Heaven
Ancestry of “purgatorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | purgatore | — |
| 2 | Latin | pūrgātōrium | a purgative |
| 3 | Latin | purgātōrius | of or related to making clean, purificatory |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |