myEtymology.com: English etymology of downpour

Etymology of the English word downpour

the English word downpour

derived from the English word down

derived from the English word a-

derived from the English word down

derived from the English word pour

derived from the French word purer

derived from the Latin word purare

derived from the Latin word purus (chaste, unpolluted by sex; plain; clear, limpid, free of mist; pure, clean, unsoiled)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peuə-