Etymology of the English word album
the English word
albumderived from the Latin word
album (projection-screen; white; white)
derived from the Latin word
albus (white; white, pale, fair)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*albho-Date
The earliest known usage of album in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
album, French
album, German
Album, Icelandic
albúm, Lithuanian
albumas, Polish
album, Russian
aльбом, Swedish
albumUsage
Word found in Modern English
