espurge

== Old French == === Etymology === From espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgō (“cleanse”). === Noun === espurge oblique singular, f (oblique plural espurges, nominative singular espurge, nominative plural espurges) witness spurge (plant) sponge ==== Descendants ==== French: épurge → Middle English: spurge, sporge, spourge, spowrgeEnglish: spurge