köken: From Proto-Indo-European *powH-éye-ti - (“to purify”), from *pewH-. Cognate with Old High German fowen (“to sieve; clean grain”). Also related to Avestan 𐬞𐬏𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬐𐬀 (pūⁱtika), Old Irish ūr (“new, fresh”), Latin putus, pūrus (“pure”).
got𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽
grcἁγνίζω
xag𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎
zdjutwahirisha
Etimoloji
Learnedly from εξ- (ex-) + αγν(ός) (agn(ós), “pure”) + -ίζω (-ízo), a loose calque of French purifier.