Album etymology

English

English word album comes from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós, Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (White.)

Etymology of album

Detailed word origin of album

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*albʰós Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*h₂elbʰós Proto-Indo-European (ine) White.
*alβos Proto-Italic (itc-pro) White.
Albinus Latin (lat) A male given name..
album Latin (lat) (politics) a blank tablet on which items were recorded, such as the tablet on which the edicts of the praetor were written. Albumen, the white of an egg. Register, list of names. Sclera, the white of the eye. Whiteness, white color.
album English (en) A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.. A collection, especially of literary items. A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.. A jacket for such a phonograph record; an album cover.. A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.

Words with the same origin as album

Descendants of *albʰós

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