Where does “sbiancatrice” come from?
sbiancatrice (Italian) comes from Italian sbiancare, from Italian bianco, from Latin blancus, from Frankish blank, from Proto-Germanic *blank, from Proto-Germanic blankaz, from Proto-Indo-European bhleg- — to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch.
sbiancatrice (Italian): a machine that removes the pericarp from rice (producing white rice from brown rice)
Definitions
- a machine that removes the pericarp from rice (producing white rice from brown rice)
Ancestry of “sbiancatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sbiancare | To whiten, bleach |
| 2 | Italian | bianco | white; blank; linen |
| 3 | Latin | blancus | white |
| 4 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |