Where does “purifica” come from?

purifica (Romanian) comes from French purifier, from Latin pūrificāre, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

purifica (Romanian): to purify

Definitions

  1. to purify

Ancestry of “purifica”, step by step

purifica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French purifier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpurifierto purify; to cleanse
2Latinpūrificāre—
3Latinpūrusclear, limpid
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Latin pūrificō

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

Words derived from “purifica”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Latin pūrificāre →