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- Latin · derived fromdētergēre
- French · derived fromdéterger
- English todaydeterge
From French déterger, from Latin dētergēre, from dē- + tergēre.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
deterge
Today it means: To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material. Full definition →
French déterger ← Latin dētergēre