English word albumin comes from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós, Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (White.), Latin -men (Forms neuter nouns of the third declension.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *albʰós | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *h₂elbʰós | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | White. |
| -men | Latin (lat) | Forms neuter nouns of the third declension. |
| *alβos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | White. |
| albus | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) favorable, fortunate, auspicious, propitious. Clear, bright. Pale, fair, gray, hoary. White (without lustre). |
| albumen | Latin (lat) | Albumen; the white of an egg. |
| albumen | English (eng) | The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. |
| albumin | English (eng) | (protein) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume. |