Where does “ambedo” come from?
ambedo (Latin) comes from English albedo, from Latin albedo, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.
ambedo (Latin): I eat or gnaw around; erode; I waste; consume
Definitions
- I eat or gnaw around; erode; I waste; consume
Ancestry of “ambedo”, step by step
ambedo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English albedo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | albedo | The fraction of incident light or radiation... |
| 2 | Latin | albedo | white; whiteness |
| 3 | Latin | Albus | white properly without, dull white |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |
via Latin edō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 2 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “ambedo”