The story
- Latin · borrowed fromalbata“whitened”
- English todayalbata
From Latin albata (“whitened”), the past participle of albāre (“to whiten”), from albus (“white”) + -āre (suffix forming verbs).
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albata
Today it means: A white alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, once used to make cheap cutlery etc Full definition →
Latin albata