Where does “albumo” come from?

albumo (Esperanto) comes from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

albumo (Esperanto): album

Definitions

  1. album

Ancestry of “albumo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbuminflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →