Where does “impurity” come from?
Impurity comes from Middle French impureté, from Latin impūritās, a noun formed from impūrus (impure) combining the prefix in- (not) with pūrus (pure, clean).
impurity (English): The condition of being impure; because of...
Definitions
- The condition of being impure; because of...
Ancestry of “impurity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |