Where does “bleaching” come from?

Bleaching comes from Middle English bleche, Old English blǣċ, Proto-Germanic blaikijaną, and Proto-Indo-European bʰel- and bʰleh₃-, meaning to make pale or white.

bleaching (English): present participle of bleach; The process of...

Definitions

  1. present participle of bleach; The process of...

Ancestry of “bleaching”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbleachPale; bleak; To treat with bleach, especially so...
2Middle Englishbleche—
3Old Englishblǣċ—
4Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine

Words derived from “bleaching”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyǵ- →