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
Ancestry of “unbleached”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |