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Where does “purare” come from?

purare (Latin) comes from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

Ancestry of “purare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūrus—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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