Where does “albedo” come from?

Albedo comes from Latin albedo, derived from Latin albus meaning white, with the suffix -ite from Latin -ites borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίτης.

albedo (English): The fraction of incident light or radiation...

Definitions

  1. The fraction of incident light or radiation...

Ancestry of “albedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbedowhite; whiteness
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “albedo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰosEvery word from Proto-Italic alβosEvery word from Latin Albus
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