Where does “albinos” come from?

albinos (Romanian) comes from French albinos, from Spanish albino, from Spanish albo, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

albinos (Romanian): albino

Definitions

  1. albino

Ancestry of “albinos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalbinosalbino
2Spanishalbinoalbino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin...
3Spanishalbowhite
4LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
5Proto-Italicalβoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →