Where does “pour” come from?

Pour comes from Middle English pouren, from Old English purian, of uncertain origin.

pour (English): To cause to flow in a stream, either out of a...

Definitions

  1. To cause to flow in a stream, either out of a...

Ancestry of “pour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpourento pour
2Old Englishpurianto look into, investigate

Words derived from “pour

Every word from Old English purianEvery word from Middle English pouren
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