puro
Portuguese
/ˈpu.ɾu/
adj
Definitions
- pure free of pollutants
- pure; flawless free of flaws or imperfections
- pure; clean free of immoral behaviour
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese puro inherited from Latin pūrus (pure, clean, free from dirt filth, clear, unmixed, plain) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *peu-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peu-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 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
- impuramente Portuguese
- impuro Portuguese
- puramente Portuguese
- purista Portuguese
- pur Swedish
- pur Old French
- puro Galician
- pur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pur Welsh
- pūr Middle High German
- puro Old Portuguese
- pur Romansh
- pür Romansh
- puru Asturian
- pur Old Occitan
- puro Old Spanish
- puru Sicilian