| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | albho- |
| DEFINITION: | White.
Derivatives include elf, oaf, and albino.
1. Possibly Germanic *albiz, *albaz, elf, if meaning “white ghostly apparition.” a. elf, from Old English ælf, elf; b. oaf, from Old Norse alfr, elf; c. Oberon, from Old French Auberon, from a source akin to Old High German Alberich. 2. elfin, from Old English -elfen, elf, possibly from Germanic *albinj . 3. abele, alb, albedo, albescent, albino, albite, album, albumen, aubade, auburn; daub, from Latin albus, white. (Pokorny albho- 30.) |
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