Where does “purity” come from?
Purity comes from English pure with the suffix -ity, from French -ité, from Latin -itas, from Latin purus meaning clean or unmixed, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-.
purity (English): The state or degree of being pure
Definitions
- The state or degree of being pure
Ancestry of “purity”, step by step
| 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 |