Where does “aardappelpuree” come from?

aardappelpuree (Dutch) comes from Dutch puree, from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare, from Latin pūrus — to be clean, pure.

aardappelpuree (Dutch): mashed potatoes

Definitions

  1. mashed potatoes

Ancestry of “aardappelpuree”, step by step

aardappelpuree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch puree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpureepuree
2Frenchpuréepuree; feminine singular of the past participle...
3Middle Frenchpuree
4Old Frenchpuree
5Frenchpurerto make pure
6Old Frenchpurerto purify
7Latinpurare
8Latinpūrusclear, limpid
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Dutch aardappel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaardappelpotato
2Dutchappelapple; appeal
3Middle Dutchappelapple
4Old Dutchappelapple
5Proto-West Germanicappluapple, fruit
6Proto-Germanicaplazapple, fruit
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Latin pūrusEvery word from Latin purare