Etymology

puritanism

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Today it means: Strict and austere religious conduct. Full definition →

French puritanisme ← English Puritan ← Middle English pure
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puritanism · noun1

  1. Englishpuritan
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pewH-
  3. Proto-Italic*pūros
  4. Latinpūrus
  5. Old Frenchpur
  6. Middle Englishpure
  7. Englishpure
  8. Englishpurity
  9. EnglishPuritan
  10. Frenchpuritain
  11. Frenchpuritanisme
  12. English todaypuritanism

Borrowed from French puritanisme. By surface analysis, puritan + ism.

Puritanism · noun2

From Puritan + -ism.

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