English
epuration
Epuration comes from French épuration ‘purification’, from pur ‘pure’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-1‘to cleanse, purify’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūros1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrus2‘clean’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400pur2‘pure’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600pur2
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpur3‘pure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentépurer4‘to purify’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentépuration5‘purification’
- Englishtodayepuration5
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin purus
- 2 Wiktionary, French pur
- 3 Wiktionary, French épurer
- 4 Wiktionary, French épuration
- 5 Wiktionary, English epuration
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-Wiktionary, Latin purus‘to cleanse, purify’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pūrosWiktionary, Latin purusreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūrusWiktionary, French pur‘clean’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400purWiktionary, French pur‘pure’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600purWiktionary, French pur
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpurWiktionary, French épurer‘pure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentépurerWiktionary, French épuration‘to purify’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentépurationWiktionary, English epuration‘purification’
- EnglishtodayepurationWiktionary, English epuration
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to cleanse, purify’
deputy, pity, reputation, pious, piety, putative, puro, expiation, 13 more
through Proto-Italic *pūros
through Latin pūrus ‘clean’
pour, purity, purify, impure, purification, puree, 6 more
through Old French pur ‘pure’
through French pur ‘pure’
Today it means
noun purification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction)
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “epuration”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin purus, French pur, French épurer, French épuration. 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- / epuration