Where does “puré” come from?

puré (Portuguese) comes from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puré (Portuguese): purée or puree

Definitions

  1. purée or puree

Ancestry of “puré”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpuréepuree; feminine singular of the past participle...
2Middle Frenchpuree
3Old Frenchpuree
4Frenchpurerto make pure
5Old Frenchpurerto purify
6Latinpurare
7Latinpūrusclear, limpid
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-