Where does “listwashing” come from?

listwashing (English) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

listwashing (English): The removal of nonproductive addresses from a...

Definitions

  1. The removal of nonproductive addresses from a...

Ancestry of “listwashing”, step by step

listwashing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English List

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

via English washing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwashingThe action of the verb to wash; Clothing,...
2Middle EnglishwasshyngeThe process of washing or cleaning
3Old English*wæsċingwashing
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