Where does “albedo” come from?

albedo (Spanish) comes from Latin albedo, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

albedo (Spanish): albedo the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body

Definitions

  1. albedo the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body

Ancestry of “albedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbedowhite; whiteness
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →