Where does “чистилище” come from?
чистилище (Russian) comes 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.
чистилище (Russian): purgatory
Ancestry of “чистилище”, step by step