Where does “アルバム” come from?

アルバム (Japanese) comes from English album, from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

アルバム (Japanese): photo album

Definitions

  1. photo album

Ancestry of “アルバム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalbumA book specially designed to keep photographs,...
2Latinalbuminflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
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