Where does “pure” come from?
pure (Danish) comes from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
pure (Danish): complete; completely; puree
Definitions
- complete; completely; puree
Ancestry of “pure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 2 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 3 | Old French | puree | — |
| 4 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 5 | Old French | purer | — |
| 6 | Latin | purare | — |
| 7 | Latin | pūrus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |