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Where does “albumen” come from?

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

albumen (Spanish): egg white, albumen

Definitions

  1. egg white, albumen

Ancestry of “albumen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbūmen—
2LatinAlbus—
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
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