English
depuration
Depuration may come from French dépuration.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdépurationuncertain
- Englishtodaydepuration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdépurationuncertain
- Englishtodaydepuration
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’
deputy, pity, reputation, pious, piety, putative, puro, expiation, 13 more
through Proto-Italic *pūros
impure, puree, impurity, 5 more
through Medieval Latin pūrus ‘pure’
pure, pour, purity, purify, purification, purist, purée, 8 more
Today it means
noun The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French dépuration / depuration