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Where does “puro” come from?

puro (Old Spanish) comes from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

Ancestry of “puro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūrus—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puro”

  • puro
  • purista
  • apurado
  • pureza
  • puro
  • apuro
  • apurar
  • appurabile
  • appuramento
  • inappurabile
  • appurare
  • πούρο
  • puro
  • apurado
  • apura
  • pùru'úna
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →