Where does “depure” come from?
depure (English) comes from French dépurer, from Medieval Latin depurare, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
depure (English): to depurate; to purify
Ancestry of “depure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | dépurer | to purify |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | depurare | present active infinitive of dēpūrō;... |
| 3 | Latin | pūrus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |