Where does “nonpurist” come from?
nonpurist (English) comes from English purist, from French puriste, from French pur, from Middle French pur, from Old French pur, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe — to live.
nonpurist (English): One who is not a purist
Definitions
- One who is not a purist
Ancestry of “nonpurist”, step by step
nonpurist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English purist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | purist | Of or pertaining to purism; An advocate of purism |
| 2 | French | puriste | purist |
| 3 | French | pur | pure |
| 4 | Middle French | pur | — |
| 5 | Old French | pur | pure; Alternative form of por |
| 6 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 7 | Old French | vie | life |
| 8 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 9 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 10 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 11 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |