Where does “ailbíneach” come from?

ailbíneach (Irish) comes from Portuguese Albino, from Latin albinus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

ailbíneach (Irish): albino

Definitions

  1. albino

Ancestry of “ailbíneach”, step by step

ailbíneach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Albino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseAlbinoalbinistic, albino
2Latinalbinus—
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Spanish albino

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

Words derived from “ailbíneach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →