Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós ‎(“white”). Cognate to Latin albus ‎(“white”), Ancient Greek ἀλφός ‎(alphós, “whiteness, white leprosy”), Umbrian 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 ‎(alfu, “white”) and Middle Welsh elbid ‎(“world”).