'stain-attracting' is a compound word formed from 'stain' and 'attracting'. 'Stain' originates from Old Norse 'steina', meaning 'to paint'. 'Attracting' comes from Latin 'attrahere', where 'ad-' meant 'toward' and 'trahere' meant 'to draw'.

'Stain' evolved from the Old Norse word 'steina', and 'attracting' from the Latin 'attrahere', eventually forming the modern English compound 'stain-attracting'.

Initially, 'stain' meant 'to paint or color', and 'attracting' meant 'drawing towards'. Together, they evolved to describe a property of materials that easily retain stains.