Where does “whitish” come from?
Whitish comes from Middle English whytyssh, formed from whyte (white) plus the diminutive or qualitative suffix -ish.
whitish (English): Somewhat white, pale or almost white
Definitions
- Somewhat white, pale or almost white
Ancestry of “whitish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | whitisch | — |
Words derived from “whitish”