English
sunbleach
From sun + bleach.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shine’
Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną ‘to bleach, to make pale, to whiten’
Proto-West Germanic *blaikijan ‘to bleach, make pale, whiten’
Old English blǣċan ‘to bleach, whiten’
Middle English blechen ‘to bleach (cloth)’
English bleach
Today it means
verb To bleach, fade, or make paler by exposure to the sun.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sunbleach”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / sunbleach