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Where does “impur” come from?

impur (Middle French) comes from Latin impurus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “impur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpurusunclean, filthy, foul, dirty; impure, defiled,...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impur”

  • impure
  • impurity
  • impurely
  • impurify
  • impureness
  • impuration
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →