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Where does “purer” come from?

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

purer (French): to make pure

Definitions

  1. to make pure

Ancestry of “purer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpurer—
2Latinpurare—
3Latinpūrus—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “purer”

  • puré
  • pura
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →