albellus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From albulus (whitish) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Adjective

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albellus (feminine albella, neuter albellum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. diminutive of albus: whitish
  2. (Medieval Latin): white poplar tree[1]
    • c. 1196 – 1203, Lambert of Ardres, Historia comitum Ghisnensium :
      Ob cuius rei memoriam delata est ibi crux lignea et elevata, et albellus cum tilia juxta crucem, ad peregrinorum et quorumlibet viatorum ibi plantata est requiem et praesidium.[2]

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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  • Galician: albelo
  • Old French: abel

References

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  1. ^ Monumenta Germaniae historica inde ab anno Christi quingentesimo usque ad annum millesimum et quingentesimum: Scriptorum, Book 24, 1879, edidit societas aperiendis fontibus rerum Germanicarum medii aevi, page 585
  2. ^ albellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)