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Where does “dépurer” come from?

dépurer (French) comes from Medieval Latin depurare, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

dépurer (French): to purify

Definitions

  1. to purify

Ancestry of “dépurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latindepurarepresent active infinitive of dēpūrō;...
2Latinpūrus—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “dépurer”

  • depuration
  • depure
  • phytodepuration
  • dépuration
  • dépuratif
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