Where does “Erdäpfelpüree” come from?
Erdäpfelpüree (German) comes from German Püree, from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare, from Latin pūrus — to be clean, pure.
Erdäpfelpüree (German): mashed potatoes (potatoes that have been boiled and mashed)
Definitions
- mashed potatoes (potatoes that have been boiled and mashed)
Ancestry of “Erdäpfelpüree”, step by step
Erdäpfelpüree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Püree
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Püree | puree |
| 2 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 3 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 4 | Old French | puree | — |
| 5 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 6 | Old French | purer | to purify |
| 7 | Latin | purare | — |
| 8 | Latin | pūrus | clear, limpid |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
via German Erdapfel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erdapfel | potato |
| 2 | German | Erde | soil; the ground; a world; a space to live in |
| 3 | Middle High German | erde | earth |
| 4 | Old High German | erda | The Earth; earth, ground, soil |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | erþu | earth, world; earth, soil |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |