Where does “-ne” come from?
-ne (Italian) comes from Italian né, from Italian purè, from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare — to be clean, pure.
-ne (Italian): an epithetic syllable appended to oxytone words in order to make them paroxytone
Definitions
- an epithetic syllable appended to oxytone words in order to make them paroxytone
Ancestry of “-ne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | né | nor; neither...nor; either...or |
| 2 | Italian | purè | puree, purée; mashed potatoes |
| 3 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 4 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 5 | Old French | puree | — |
| 6 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 7 | Old French | purer | to purify |
| 8 | Latin | purare | — |
| 9 | Latin | pūrus | clear, limpid |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |