Where does “albino” come from?

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

albino (Spanish): albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin...

Definitions

  1. albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin...

Ancestry of “albino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalbowhite
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “albino”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →