Where does “púra” come from?

púra (Icelandic) comes from Danish pure, 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.

púra (Icelandic): pure, absolute, total

Definitions

  1. pure, absolute, total

Ancestry of “púra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpurecomplete; completely; puree
2Frenchpuréepuree; feminine singular of the past participle...
3Middle Frenchpuree—
4Old Frenchpuree—
5Frenchpurerto make pure
6Old Frenchpurerto purify
7Latinpurare—
8Latinpūrusclear, limpid
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Latin purare →