Where does “unbleached” come from?

Unbleached derives from English bleached, which comes from Latin unus, traced through Proto-Indo-European óynos, ano-, ne, and h₂ent-.

unbleached (English): Not bleached

Definitions

  1. Not bleached

Ancestry of “unbleached”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-not
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →