expio

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I make amends or atonement for a crime or a criminal; atone for, expiate, purge by sacrifice; repair, appease.
  • I punish, avenge.
  • (of an omen or sign) I avert.

Etymology

Affix from Latin piō (expiate, purify, I appease, appease, avenge) 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

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