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whiteness

/ˈwaɪtnəs/WYT-nuhs
/ˈwaɪtnəs/WYT-nuhs

Meaningthe state of being white

Common meaning: white colour

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kwi-‘shine’source
  2. Old EnglishhwitsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishwhitsource
  4. Englishwhite‘of the colour of snow’
  5. Englishformed in English from whitewhiteness‘white colour’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from white + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WHITE, p.707 · scan

Source words

  • hwit Old English · source word “bright, white”

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