Etymograph

English

purification

Purification comes from Latin pūrificō ‘to purify (ritually)’, from pūrus ‘clear, limpid’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-‘to cleanse, purify’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūrosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrus‘clear, limpid’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrificō‘to purify (ritually)’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrificātiō
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400purificacion
  7. Englishtodaypurification

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-‘to cleanse, purify’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūrosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrus‘clear, limpid’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrificō‘to purify (ritually)’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrificātiō
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400purificacion
  7. Englishtodaypurification

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’

deputy, pity, reputation, pious, piety, putative, puro, expiation, 15 more

through Proto-Italic *pūros

impure, puree, impurity, 7 more

through Latin pūrus ‘clear, limpid’

pure, pour, purity, purist, purée, 10 more

Today it means

noun The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pewH- / purification

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