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 Frenchpurerto purify
2Latinpurare—
3Latinpūrusclear, limpid
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “purer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Latin purare →