Where does “alburnum” come from?

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

alburnum (English): sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a...

Definitions

  1. sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a...

Ancestry of “alburnum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “alburnum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →
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