myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of puritano

Etymology of the Spanish word puritano

the Spanish word puritano

derived from the English word puritan

derived from the Late Latin word puritas

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-