Proto-Italic

*alβos

‘white’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *alβos.

32 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *alβos, most familiar first.

• album ← albus
• alba ← albus
• albino ← albinus ← albus
• albedo ← alb(us)
• albumin ← albumine ← albumen ← albus
• albumen ← albus
• abele ← abelle ← aubel ← albellus ← albus
• albite ← albus
• aubade ← albade ← albada ← *alba ← albus
• albuminous ← albūminōsus ← albūmen ← albus
• albero ← albārius ← *albō ← albus
• ablet ← abula ← albus

More words from *alβos

• albaspine
• albata
• albugo
• albumina
• albocracy
• alburnum
• albuminoid
• albification
• albescent
• albarium
• albicant
• alborada
• albuminimeter
• albolith
• alburn
• albiflorous
• albic
• albous
• bedaub
• dealbation

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *alβos