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Where does “pure” come from?

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

pure (French): past participle of purer

Definitions

  1. past participle of purer

Ancestry of “pure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpurerto make pure
2Old Frenchpurer—
3Latinpurare—
4Latinpūrus—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →