Where does “album” come from?

album (Czech) comes from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

album (Czech): album book

Definitions

  1. album book

Ancestry of “album”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbuminflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →
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