Where does “albinos” come from?

albinos (French) comes from Spanish albino, from Spanish albo, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

albinos (French): albino

Definitions

  1. albino

Ancestry of “albinos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalbinoalbino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin...
2Spanishalbowhite
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “albinos”

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