Where does “scialbatura” come from?

scialbatura (Italian) comes from Italian scialbare, from Latin exalbō, from Latin albō, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

scialbatura (Italian): whitening

Definitions

  1. whitening

Ancestry of “scialbatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscialbareto paint white
2Latinexalbōto make white, whiten
3Latinalbōto make white, whiten
4LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
5Proto-Italicalβoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →