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Where does “tomaattipyree” come from?

tomaattipyree (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.

tomaattipyree (Finnish): tomato purée, tomato paste

Definitions

  1. tomato purée, tomato paste

Ancestry of “tomaattipyree”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyreepuree
2Frenchpuréepuree; feminine singular of the past participle...
3Middle Frenchpuree—
4Old Frenchpuree—
5Frenchpurerto make pure
6Old Frenchpurer—
7Latinpurare—
8Latinpūrus—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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