Etymograph

English

impureness

From impure + -ness.

A compound of impure + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’

Proto-Italic *pūros

Latin pūrus ‘pure’

Latin impūrus ‘impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, vile’

Middle French impur

English impure

Today it means

noun The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / impureness