The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
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.)