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Where does “purposen” come from?
purposen (Middle English) comes from Old French purposer, from Latin prōpōnere.
Ancestry of “purposen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
purposer
to propose; to make a proposition
2
Latin
prōpōnere
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Words derived from “purposen”
purpose
purposes
purposeful
purposefully
purposed
purposive
purposeless
multipurpose
purposiveness
purposefulness
purposively
purposelessness
repurpose
purposeth
purposelessly
apurpose
nonpurposive
unpurposed
purposer
purposest
unpurposeful
purposedly
unpurposive
multipurposed
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