Where does “înălbitor” come from?

înălbitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian înălbi, from Romanian în-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

înălbitor (Romanian): bleach, substance used to whiten textiles

Definitions

  1. bleach, substance used to whiten textiles

Ancestry of “înălbitor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianînălbito bleach, to whiten
2Romanianîn-used to denote derivation
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →