Where does “puri” come from?
puri (Malay) comes from English purée, 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.
puri (Malay): castle (fortified building)
Definitions
- castle (fortified building)
Ancestry of “puri”, step by step
puri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English purée
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | purée | Alternative form of puree |
| 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 |