Where does “puritan” come from?
puritan (Romanian) comes from French puritain, from English Puritan, from English purity, from English pure, from Middle English pure, from Old French pur, from Old French autre, from Old French vie — to live.
puritan (Romanian): puritan
Definitions
- puritan
Ancestry of “puritan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | puritain | puritan; Puritan |
| 2 | English | Puritan | A member of a particular Protestant religious... |
| 3 | English | purity | The state or degree of being pure |
| 4 | English | pure | Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied; Free... |
| 5 | Middle English | pure | pure, unadulterated, undiluted, untarnished;... |
| 6 | Old French | pur | pure; Alternative form of por |
| 7 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 8 | Old French | vie | life |
| 9 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 10 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 11 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 12 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |