where did the first term originate?
From an Old English word
White
The word "white" continues Old English ',
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White [SEP] Etymology
The word "white" continues Old English ', ultimately from a Common Germanic ' also reflected in OHG ', ON ', Goth. '. The root is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European language ', surviving also in Sanskrit ' "to be white or bright" and Slavonic ' "light". The Icelandic word for white, ', is directly derived from the Old Norse form of the word '. Common Germanic also had the word *"blankaz" ("white, bright, blinding"), borrowed into Late Latin as *"blancus", which provided the source for Romance words for "white" (Catalan, Occitan and French "blanc", Spanish "blanco", Italian "bianco", Galician-Portuguese "branco", etc.). The antonym of white is black.