Where does “puree” come from?

puree (English) comes from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puree (English): Alternative form of puree

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of puree

Ancestry of “puree”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpuréepuree; feminine singular of the past participle...
2Middle Frenchpuree—
3Old Frenchpuree—
4Frenchpurerto make pure
5Old Frenchpurerto purify
6Latinpurare—
7Latinpūrusclear, limpid
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puree”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →