Where does “album” come from?

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

album (Latin): inflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...

Definitions

  1. inflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...

Ancestry of “album”, step by step

album traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Albus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
2Proto-Italicalβoswhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

via Tagalog album

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogalbumalbum

Words derived from “album”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →