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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAlbus—
2Proto-Italicalβoswhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “album”

  • album
  • nonalbum
  • albarium
  • multialbum
  • minialbum
  • albero
  • albarius
  • albarium
  • álbum
  • albero
  • album
  • albo
  • Album
  • Fotoalbum
  • álbum
  • albumi
  • studioalbumi
  • sarjakuva-albumi
  • album
  • album
  • albumlista
  • samlingsalbum
  • album
  • албум
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