Where does “albam” come from?
albam (Irish) comes from English album, from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.
albam (Irish): album
Ancestry of “albam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | album | A book specially designed to keep photographs,... |
| 2 | Latin | album | inflection of albus:
## accusative masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | Albus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |