pourpos

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin prōpositum (“set forth, declared, proposed”).

Noun

pourpos oblique singular, m (oblique plural pourpos, nominative singular pourpos, nominative plural pourpos)

  1. aim; intention

Descendants
  • → English: purpose
  • French: propos

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (propos)
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