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

Definitions

  1. to depurate; to purify

Ancestry of “depure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdépurerto purify
2Medieval Latindepurarepresent active infinitive of dēpūrō;...
3Latinpūrusclear, limpid
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Medieval Latin depurare →