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Where does “albumen” come from?

Albumen comes from Latin albumen, derived from Latin albus meaning white, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos with the same sense.

albumen (English): The white part of an egg; being mostly the...

Definitions

  1. The white part of an egg; being mostly the...

Ancestry of “albumen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbūmen—
2LatinAlbus—
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “albumen”

  • albumenoid
  • albumenize
  • albuminization
  • albuminize
  • albumenise
  • albumenization
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