pure
Middle English
/piu̯r/
adj
Definitions
- pure, unadulterated, undiluted, untarnished
- entire, total, all
- perfect, wonderful, unflawed
- morally clean, pure, or upstanding
- chaste
- true, real, genuine, not counterfeit
- clear, obvious, simple
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French pur (pure) derived from Latin pūrus (pure, clean, free from dirt filth, clear, unmixed, plain).
Origin
Latin
pūrus
Gloss
pure, clean, free from dirt filth, clear, unmixed, plain
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enantiopure English
- hyperpure English
- immunopure English
- nanopure English
- nonpure English
- pure English
- pureblood English
- pureblooded English
- purebred English
- purely English
- pureness English
- pureplay English
- purey English
- purity English
- radiopure English
- stereopure English
- ultrapure English
- unpure English
- depuro Latin
- purgo Latin
- purifico Latin
- pūrus Latin
- puro Italian
- apurer French
- pur French
- apurar Spanish, Castilian
- *peu- Proto-Indo-European
- *pew- Proto-Indo-European
- apurar Portuguese
- pur Swedish
- ピュア Japanese
- pur Middle English
- pur Old French
- pur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pur Welsh
- pur Norman
- pūr Middle High German
- pur Middle French
- puro Old Portuguese
- pur Romansh
- pür Romansh
- puru Asturian
- pur Old Occitan
- puro Old Spanish
- puru Sicilian