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 purian →Every word from Middle English pouren →