myEtymology.com: French etymology of pur

Etymology of the French word pur

the Old French word pur

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-

English pure

Dutch puur, English pure, German pur, Italian puro, Latin purus, Norwegian pur, Spanish puro, Swedish pur

Word found in Old French