Etymology

expunge

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Today it means: To erase or strike out. Full definition →

Latin expungere ← Proto-Italic *pungō ← Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pewǵ-
  7. Proto-Italic*pungō
  8. Latinpungō
  9. Latinexpungere
  10. English todayexpunge

Learned borrowing from Latin expungere.

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