Where does “nanopure” come from?
nanopure (English) comes from English pure, from Middle English pure, from Old French pur, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta — to live.
nanopure (English): Having only nanoscale traces of impurities
Definitions
- Having only nanoscale traces of impurities
Ancestry of “nanopure”, step by step
nanopure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pure | Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied; Free... |
| 2 | Middle English | pure | pure, unadulterated, undiluted, untarnished;... |
| 3 | Old French | pur | pure; Alternative form of por |
| 4 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 5 | Old French | vie | life |
| 6 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 7 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 8 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 9 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |