Where does “impurely” come from?
impurely (English) comes from English impure, from Middle French impur, from Latin impurus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impurely (English): In an impure manner
Ancestry of “impurely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | impure | Not pure; to defile; to pollute |
| 2 | Middle French | impur | — |
| 3 | Latin | impurus | unclean, filthy, foul, dirty; impure, defiled,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |