Where does “пюре” come from?
пюре (Russian) 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.
пюре (Russian): purée; mashed potato
Ancestry of “пюре”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 2 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 3 | Old French | puree | — |
| 4 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 5 | Old French | purer | — |
| 6 | Latin | purare | — |
| 7 | Latin | pūrus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |