Etymograph

English

albata

Albata comes from Latin albata ‘whitened’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*albʰós1‘white’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*alβos1‘white’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbus2‘white’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbāre2‘to whiten’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbata2‘whitened’past participle of albāre
  6. Englishtodayalbata2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin albus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English albata

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*albʰósWiktionary, Latin albus‘white’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*alβosWiktionary, Latin albus‘white’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbusWiktionary, English albata‘white’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbāreWiktionary, English albata‘to whiten’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbataWiktionary, English albata‘whitened’past participle of albāre
  6. EnglishtodayalbataWiktionary, English albata

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *albʰós ‘white’

elf, elven, oaf, 27 more

through Proto-Italic *alβos ‘white’

albumin, albedo, albumen, 26 more

through Latin albus ‘white’

album, albino, 28 more

Today it means

noun A white alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, once used to make cheap cutlery etc

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “albata”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin albus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *albʰós / albata

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