Where does “Album” come from?

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

Album (German): album

Definitions

  1. album

Ancestry of “Album”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Album”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →