Where does “purée” come from?

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

purée (French): puree; feminine singular of the past participle...

Definitions

  1. puree; feminine singular of the past participle...

Ancestry of “purée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpuree
2Old Frenchpuree
3Frenchpurerto make pure
4Old Frenchpurerto purify
5Latinpurare
6Latinpūrusclear, limpid
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “purée

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