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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

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