purgative
English
adjective
Definitions
- (capable of) purging
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (be clean, pure, cleanse, purify).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pewH-
Gloss
be clean, pure, cleanse, purify
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- compurgation English
- compurgator English
- expurgate English
- expurgator English
- neo-purism English
- nonpurgative English
- purgation English
- purgatively English
- purgatory English
- purger English
- purification English
- purism English
- purity English
- ultrapurism English
- unexpurgated English
- computāre Latin
- expio Latin
- expiātus Latin
- expurgo Latin
- pio Latin
- purus Latin
- pūrgō Latin
- pūrificāre, pūrificō Latin
- puriste French
- puro Spanish, Castilian
- *pew- Proto-Indo-European
- *pewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *puHrós Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtos Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtós Proto-Indo-European
- *puHyós Proto-Indo-European
- पुनाति Sanskrit
- úraigh Irish
- úrscéal Irish
- پاک Persian
- *pawākás Proto-Indo-Iranian