Etymology Explorer
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Where does “pur” come from?
pur (Old Catalan) comes from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
Ancestry of “pur”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
pūrus
clear, limpid
2
Proto-Indo-European
pewH-
to be clean, pure
Words derived from “pur”
pur
pura
purament
purisme
purista
purs
apurar
puríssim
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