Where does “puré” come from?

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

puré (French): past participle of purer

Definitions

  1. past participle of purer

Ancestry of “puré”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpurerto make pure
2Old Frenchpurerto purify
3Latinpurare
4Latinpūrusclear, limpid
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puré

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Latin pūrusEvery word from Latin purare