Where does “album” come from?

album (Vietnamese) comes from English album, from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

album (Vietnamese): album

Definitions

  1. album

Ancestry of “album”, step by step

album traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English album

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalbumA book specially designed to keep photographs,...
2Latinalbuminflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

via French album

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalbumalbum (all meanings)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos