Where does “pure” come from?

pure (Indonesian) comes from Dutch puree, 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.

pure (Indonesian): puree (food that has been ground into a thick liquid)

Definitions

  1. puree (food that has been ground into a thick liquid)

Ancestry of “pure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpureepuree
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-