expunge
/ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ik-SPUHNJ
/ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ik-SPUHNJ
Meaningto prick out
Common meaning: to wipe out or remove completely
- exout
- pungeto prick, pierceLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1491 · scan
‘out’ + ‘to prick, pierce’ → expunge
Journey through time
- Latinexpungere‘to prick out’source
- Englishexpunge‘to wipe out or remove completely’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pungō ‘to prick, pierce’.
Roots
- pungō, pupugī, pūnctum Latin “to prick, pierce”
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