myEtymology.com: English etymology of daubing

Etymology of the English word daubing

the English word daubing

derived from the English word daub

derived from the Old French word dauber

derived from the Latin word dealbare (whitewash; whiten; plaster)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word albare (make white)

derived from the Latin word albus (white; white, pale, fair)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *albho-