purg- root words — words with the purg- root

The root purg- comes from Latin purgo, meaning cleanse. 7 words in Dendril are built from it, including expurgate, expurgated, expurgating, expurgation, purgative, purgatorial, unexpurgated. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the purg- root

Explore words with purg- — words containing the purg- root and sharing its sense of "cleanse". Examples include expurgate, expurgated, expurgating, expurgation, purgative, purgatorial, unexpurgated. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The purg- root means cleanse, from Latin purgo. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.