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English word purpose comes from Latin pro, Latin pausare, and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) purposer (To propose; to make a proposition.)
pro (Latin)
About. According to. As befitting. As, like. Before. For. In front, instead of. On behalf of.
pausare (Latin)
purposer (Old French)
To propose; to make a proposition.
purposen (Middle English)
purpose (English)
(intransitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.. (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.. (transitive, passive) To design for some purpose. (Can we add an example for this sense?).