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albo
Latin · ancient
"white"
white, the root describing a lack of pigmentation
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albino
Portuguese · 1600s
"a person lacking normal pigmentation"
coined by Portuguese explorers describing people with pale skin they encountered in Africa
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albino
English · 1770s
"a person or animal lacking normal pigmentation"
adopted directly for a person or animal lacking pigmentation
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