English
purée
Purée comes from Old French purer ‘to make pure’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-‘to cleanse, purify’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūrosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrus‘pure’
- Late Latinmodernpurare
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400purer‘to make pure’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400puree
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpurée
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-‘to cleanse, purify’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūrosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrus‘pure’
- Late Latinmodernpurare
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400purer‘to make pure’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400puree
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpurée
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’
reputation, deputy, pity, pious, piety, putative, expiation, puro, 14 more
through Proto-Italic *pūros
through Latin pūrus ‘pure’
pure, purity, purification, purify, purist, 8 more
through Old French purer ‘to make pure’
through French purée
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pewH- / purée