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abluo.

to wash off, wash away, cleanse, purify

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈab.ɫu.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈab.lu.o]

  1. to wash off, wash away, cleanse, purify

    conjugation-3

  2. to remove darkness

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Latin abluō From ab- (“from, away from”) + lavō (“to wash, cleanse”).

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