Etymology

pureness

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Today it means: The quality of being pure; purity Full definition →

English pure ← Middle English pure ← Old French pur
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pewH-
  2. Proto-Italic*pūros
  3. Latinpūrus
  4. Old Frenchpur
  5. Middle Englishpure
  6. Englishpure
  7. English todaypureness

From pure + -ness.

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