Etymology of the English word purely
the English word
purelyderived 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™-using the English suffix
-lyUsage
Word found in Modern English