Where does “whitewishing” come from?
whitewishing (English) comes from English whitewashing, 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...
whitewishing (English): The regarding of white people's norms as neutral...
Definitions
- The regarding of white people's norms as neutral...
Ancestry of “whitewishing”, step by step
whitewishing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English whitewashing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whitewashing | The application of whitewash; The effacement 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... |
via English wishing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wishing | present participle of wish; The act of making a... |
| 2 | English | wish | A desire, hope, or longing for something or for... |
| 3 | Middle English | fisch | An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of... |
| 4 | Old English | fisċ | fish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fisk | fish |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 7 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |