myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of puro

Etymology of the Italian word puro

the Italian word puro

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-

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