Etymology of the English word purebred
the English word
purebredderived from the English word
purederived from the Old French word
purderived 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
*peuÉ™-derived from the English word
bredderived from the English word
breedderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreu-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhreu-Usage
Word found in Modern English