pur-
prefix
- equivalent to
PRO- 1 (as in purloin, pursue).相当于PRO- 1 (如purloin, pursue).
词源
from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin por-, pro-.
pur-
Middle English and Anglo-French perfective prefix, corresponding to Old French por-, pur- (Modern French pour), from Vulgar Latin *por-, variation of Latin pro- "before, for" (see pro-). This is the earliest form of the prefix in English, and it is retained in some words, but in many others it has reverted to Latinate pro-.
ORIGIN: Anglo-Norman form of Old French por- , pur- , (also mod.) pour- , from Latin por- , pro- : see pro- 1 .