Where does “puritate” come from?

puritate (Romanian) comes from French pureté, from Old French purté, from Latin pūritās, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puritate (Romanian): purity

Definitions

  1. purity

Ancestry of “puritate”, step by step

puritate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pureté

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpuretépurity
2Old Frenchpurté—
3Latinpūritāsfreedom from pollution, purity
4Latinpūrusclear, limpid
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Italian purità

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpuritàpurity; chasteness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Latin pūritās →