Etymology

albicant

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Today it means: Growing or becoming white. Full definition →

Latin albicāns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromalbicāns“whitening, becoming white”
  2. English todayalbicant

Borrowed from Latin albicāns (“whitening, becoming white”, oblique stem: albicant-), present participle of albicō (“to be white”).

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