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Where does “Albína” come from?

Albína (Slovak) comes from Latin Albina, from Latin Albinus, from Latin albus, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “Albína”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAlbina—
2LatinAlbinus—
3Latinalbuswhite , dull white; clear, bright; pale, fair,...
4English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
5French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
6Latin-īta—
7Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
8Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
9Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
10Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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