The story
- Latin · derived frompūrificō, pūrificāre
- Old French · derived frompurifier
- Middle English · inherited frompurifien
- English todaypurify
From Middle English purifien, purifyen, from Old French purifier, purifiier, from Latin pūrificō, pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.