Etymology

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Today it means: In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded. Full definition →

Latin album ← Proto-Italic *alβos ← Proto-Indo-European *albʰós
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
  2. Proto-Italic*alβos
  3. Latinalbus
  4. Latinalbum
  5. English todayalbum

Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).

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