Etymograph

English

purgee

From purge + -ee.

Formed from purge + -ee

Latin pūrgō ‘to make pure, to cleanse’

Old French purgier

Middle English purgen ‘to purge or cleanse the body’

English purge

Today it means

noun The victim of a purge.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “purgee”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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