Where does “seppure” come from?
seppure (Italian) comes from Italian purè, 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.
seppure (Italian): although, though, despite that
Definitions
- although, though, despite that
Ancestry of “seppure”, step by step
seppure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian purè
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | purè | puree, purée; mashed potatoes |
| 2 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 3 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 4 | Old French | puree | — |
| 5 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 6 | Old French | purer | to purify |
| 7 | Latin | purare | — |
| 8 | Latin | pūrus | clear, limpid |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
via Italian sé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sé | oneself, himself, herself |
| 2 | Italian | benché | although, though; albeit |
| 3 | Italian | bene | upper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;... |
| 4 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |