albumen

The story

1. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromalbūmina
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*albʰós“white”
3. Latin · derived fromalbus“white”
4. Late Latin · learned borrowing fromalbūmen“egg white, albumen; type of eye disease”
5. English todayalbumen

Learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmen (“egg white, albumen; type of eye disease”) (whence Late Middle English albuminium (“clear fluid in the eyeball between the cornea and lens, aqueous humour”)), from Latin albus (“white”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”, adjective)) + -men (suffix forming nouns), modelled after ferrūmen (“cement; glue”). The plural form albumina is a learned borrowing from Late Latin albūmina.

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