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

pure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French purée

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	to purify
6	Latin	purare	—
7	Latin	pūrus	clear, limpid
8	Proto-Indo-European	pewH-	to be clean, pure

via Latin pūre

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	pūre	clearly, brightly, cleanly
2	Latin	-ē	ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
3	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
4	Latin	calceus	shoe
5	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
6	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “pure”

púra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Latin purare →