Where does “albedo” come from?
albedo (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin albedo, from Latin albus, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
albedo (Portuguese): albedo the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body
Definitions
- albedo the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body
Ancestry of “albedo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | albedo | white; whiteness |
| 2 | Latin | albus | white properly without, dull white |
| 3 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 4 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 5 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |