English
Purdue
Purdue comes from Middle English Purdew.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Purdew
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Purdue
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Purdew
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Purdue
Earliest quotation: 2025, Natasha Singer, Computer Science Grads Struggle to Find Jobs in the A.I. Age: “Ms. Mishra, the Purdue graduate, did not get the…”
A compound of pour ‘for’ + Dieu ‘God’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘for’
Latin prō ‘for’
Late Latin pōr ‘for’
Old French por
Middle French pour ‘for’
French pour ‘for’
Latin Deus
Old French Deu
Middle French Dieu
French Dieu ‘God’
Every English word from Middle English Purdew
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Purdew / Purdue