pure

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 344 words | Copyright

pure not mixed XIII; guiltless, innocent XIV; chaste XV. — (O)F. pur, fem. pure :— L. pūrus, rel. to Skr. pūtá- purified, Ir. úr green, fresh.
So purify, purification XIV. — (O)F. or (late) L. purist XVIII. — F. puriste. purity XIII (purete). — (O)F. pureté; later assim. to late L.

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