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

  1. The condition of being impure; because of...

Ancestry of “impurity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimpureNot pure; to defile; to pollute
2Middle Frenchimpur—
3Latinimpurusunclean, filthy, foul, dirty; impure, defiled,...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →