Where does “depurar” come from?

depurar (Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin depurare, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

depurar (Portuguese): to purify, cleanse; to debug

Definitions

  1. to purify, cleanse; to debug

Ancestry of “depurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latindepurarepresent active infinitive of dēpūrō;...
2Latinpūrusclear, limpid
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “depurar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Medieval Latin depurare →
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