English
depuration
Depuration may come from French dépurer ‘to purify’, from Medieval Latin pūrus ‘pure’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-1‘to cleanse, purify’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūros1uncertain
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pūrus2‘pure’uncertain
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500dēpūrāre2uncertain
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdépurer3‘to purify’uncertain
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdépuration4uncertain
- Englishtodaydepuration4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin purus
- 2 Wiktionary, French dépurer
- 3 Wiktionary, French dépuration
- 4 Wiktionary, English depuration
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-Wiktionary, Latin purus‘to cleanse, purify’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūrosWiktionary, Latin purusuncertain
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pūrusWiktionary, French dépurer‘pure’uncertain
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500dēpūrāreWiktionary, French dépureruncertain
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdépurerWiktionary, French dépuration‘to purify’uncertain
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdépurationWiktionary, English depurationuncertain
- EnglishtodaydepurationWiktionary, English depuration
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’
deputy, pity, reputation, pious, piety, putative, puro, expiation, 13 more
through Proto-Italic *pūros
impure, puree, impurity, 5 more
through Medieval Latin pūrus ‘pure’
Today it means
noun The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “depuration”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin purus, French dépurer, French dépuration. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pewH- / depuration