Where does “puripurimeri” come from?

puripurimeri (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin meri, from English mary, from Middle English Marie — Mary biblical figure.

puripurimeri (Tok Pisin): witch

Definitions

  1. witch

Ancestry of “puripurimeri”, step by step

puripurimeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinmeriwoman; wife; female
2EnglishmaryA male homosexual
3Middle EnglishMarieMary biblical figure

via Tok Pisin puripuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinpuripuriwitchcraft
Every word from Middle English Marie →Every word from English mary →Every word from Tok Pisin meri →