Where does “albumless” come from?
albumless (English) comes from English album, from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.
albumless (English): lacking an album
Ancestry of “albumless”, step by step
albumless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English album
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | album | A book specially designed to keep photographs,... |
| 2 | Latin | album | inflection of albus:
## accusative masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | Albus | white properly without, dull white |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |