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Where does “albero” come from?

albero (English) comes from Spanish albero, from Latin albarius, from Latin albō, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

albero (English): Densely packed crushed rock covering the ground...

Definitions

  1. Densely packed crushed rock covering the ground...

Ancestry of “albero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalberoa type of crushed rock applied over gardens and...
2Latinalbariuspertaining to the whitening of walls
3Latinalbō—
4LatinAlbus—
5Proto-Italicalβoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
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