Where does “pangsapuri” come from?
pangsapuri (Malay) comes from Malay puri, from English purée, 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.
pangsapuri (Malay): apartment, flat: a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story
Definitions
- apartment, flat: a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story
Ancestry of “pangsapuri”, step by step
pangsapuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay puri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | puri | castle (fortified building) |
| 2 | English | purée | Alternative form of puree |
| 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 |