Proto-Indo-European

*pewH-

‘to be clean, pure’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pewH-.

32 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pewH-, most familiar first.

• pure ← pur ← pūrus ← *pūros
• deputy ← député ← dēputātus
• reputation ← reputacion ← reputacion
• pour ← pouren ← purer ← pūrō ← pūrus
• pity ← pitye ← pité ← pitet ← pietās
• purity ← purete ← puritas ← pūrus ← *pūros
• pious ← pius ← *pīos
• purification ← purificacion ← pūrificātiō ← pūrificō ← pūrus
• piety ← piete ← pieté ← pietās ← *pwījotāts
• purify ← purifien ← purifier ← pūrificō ← pūrus
• putative ← putatif ← putātīvus ← putātus ← putō
• impure ← impur ← impūrus ← pūrus ← *pūros

More words from *pewH-

• puree
• impurity
• purist
• purée
• puro
• impious
• expiation
• impiety
• purgative
• purism
• depuration
• depure
• depurate
• epuration
• expiator
• piaculative
• piacle
• piacular
• piaculum
• purum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pewH-