Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Albino
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Italian
56%
Spanish
22%
English
22%
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Al*bi"no
A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.
Note: ☞ The term was originally applied by the Portuguese to negroes met with on the coast of Africa, who were mottled with white spots.
Etymology: Sp. or Pg. albino, orig. whitish, fr. albo white, L. albus
Other Dictionary Sources
- A person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
Wiktionary
Portuguese albino, diminutive of albo, from Latin albus (“white”).
- (countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.
albino was also found in the following language(s): Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Italian, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Swedish