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

Definitions

  1. Variant of tuttavia

Ancestry of “purtuttavia”, step by step

purtuttavia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpurefeminine plural of puro; too, also, as well;...
2Latinpureclearly, brightly, cleanly; correctly,...
3Latinpurusclear, limpid; clean; pure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeu-to cleanse, purify

via Italian tuttavia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantuttaviabut, still; nevertheless, however
2Latintota via—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peu- →Every word from Latin purus →Every word from Latin pure →