The story
- Latin · derived fromalbus“white”
- Latin · borrowed fromAlbina
- English todayAlbina
From Latin Albina (name of a third-century martyr), feminine form of the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”).
Words from the same roots
Latinalbus all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.