espurge
Old French
noun
Definitions
- witness
- spurge plant
- sponge
Etymology
Inherited from Latin expurgare (cleanse).
Origin
Latin
expurgare
Gloss
cleanse
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nettlespurge English
- spurge English
- spurgewort English
- expurgare Latin
- expurgo Latin
- pūrgō Latin
- expurgar Spanish, Castilian
- *pewH- Proto-Indo-European