英语词汇alb的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	alb
词源	alb n. late Old English albe "white linen robe" worn by priests, converts, etc., from Late Latin alba (in tunica alba or vestis alba "white vestment"), fem. of albus "white," from PIE root albho- "white" (source also of Greek alphos "white leprosy," alphiton "barley meal;" Old High German albiz, Old English elfet "swan," literally "the white bird;" Old Church Slavonic and Russian lebedi, Polish łabędź "swan;" Hittite alpash "cloud"). Entries linking to alb* Albania Medieval Latin name of the country called by its inhabitants Shqipëri (literally "land of eagles," from shqiponje "eagle"), from Medieval Greek Albania, which is possibly from a pre-IE word alb "hill" (also proposed as the source of Alps) or from the PIE root albho- "white" (see alb). Roman Albania was a land by the Caspian Sea (modern Daghestan); in English Albania also was a sometime name for Scotland. Related: Albanian (1590s). albedo n. in astronomy "proportion of light reflected from a surface," 1859, from scientific use of Latin albedo "whiteness," from albus "white" (see alb). Albaniaalbedo (n.)albescent (adj.)Albigensian (adj.)albino (n.)Albionalbum (n.)albumen (n.)Albuquerqueaubade (n.)auburn (adj.)daub (v.) updated on December 08, 2016
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