Where does “puree” come from?
puree (Italian) comes from Italian purea, 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.
puree (Italian): plural of purea
Definitions
- plural of purea
Ancestry of “puree”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | purea | Alternative form of purè |
| 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 |