Where does “puro” come from?

puro (Waray-Waray) comes from Spanish puro, from Old Spanish puro, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puro (Waray-Waray): pure; free from admixture; island

Definitions

  1. pure; free from admixture; island

Ancestry of “puro”, step by step

puro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish puro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuropure, clear; alone, mere, just, nothing less...
2Old Spanishpuro—
3Latinpūrusclear, limpid
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Proto-Philippine pujuq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinepujuq—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Latin pūrus →Every word from Old Spanish puro →