English
abluent
Abluent comes from Latin abluēns ‘washing off or away, cleansing, purifying,…’, and goes back to abluō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabluō‘to wash off or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabluēns‘washing off or away, cleansing, purifying, abluent’present active participle of abluō
- Englishtodayabluent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabluō‘to wash off or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabluēns‘washing off or away, cleansing, purifying, abluent’present active participle of abluō
- Englishtodayabluent
A compound of ab ‘from, away from’ + lavō ‘to wash, cleanse’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’
Proto-Italic *ap ‘from, off, away’
Latin ab ‘from, away from’
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ‘to wash’
Proto-Italic *lowō ‘to wash’
Latin lavō ‘to wash, cleanse’
Linked words
through Latin abluō ‘to wash off or away’
Today it means
adj Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin abluō / abluent