Where does “album” come from?
album (Italian) comes from German Album, from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.
album (Italian): album; scrapbook
Ancestry of “album”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Album | album |
| 2 | Latin | album | inflection of albus:
## accusative masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | Albus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |