Where does “unwhitewashed” come from?
unwhitewashed (English) comes from English whitewashed, from English whitewash, from English White, from English sox, from English socks, from English sock, from French soc, from Vulgar Latin soccus — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
unwhitewashed (English): Not having been whitewashed
Definitions
- Not having been whitewashed
Ancestry of “unwhitewashed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whitewashed | simple past tense and past participle of... |
| 2 | English | whitewash | A lime and water mixture for painting walls and... |
| 3 | English | White | Alternative letter-case form of white; An... |
| 4 | English | sox | plural of sock |
| 5 | English | socks | plural of sock; Third-person singular simple... |
| 6 | English | sock | A knitted or woven covering for the foot; A shoe... |
| 7 | French | soc | plowshare; Boston butt |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | soccus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |