Where does “purée” come from?
purée (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyree, from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare, from Latin pūrus — to be clean, pure.
purée (Finnish): Alternative form of pyree
Definitions
- Alternative form of pyree
Ancestry of “purée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pyree | puree |
| 2 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 3 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 4 | Old French | puree | — |
| 5 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 6 | Old French | purer | — |
| 7 | Latin | purare | — |
| 8 | Latin | pūrus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |