Where does “purtuttavia” come from?
purtuttavia (Italian) comes from Italian pure, from Latin pure, from Latin purus, from Proto-Indo-European peu- — to cleanse, purify.
purtuttavia (Italian): Variant of tuttavia
Ancestry of “purtuttavia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | pure | feminine plural of puro; too, also, as well;... |
| 2 | Latin | pure | clearly, brightly, cleanly; correctly,... |
| 3 | Latin | purus | clear, limpid; clean; pure |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peu- | to cleanse, purify |