Where does “pura” come from?

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

pura (French): third-person singular past historic of purer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of purer

Ancestry of “pura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpurerto make pure
2Old Frenchpurerto purify
3Latinpurare
4Latinpūrusclear, limpid
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Latin pūrusEvery word from Latin purare
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