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
Ancestry of “albinos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | albinos | albino |
| 2 | Spanish | albino | albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin... |
| 3 | Spanish | albo | white |
| 4 | Latin | Albus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |