álbum
/ˈalbum/ · B1 · noun · m
album
📔💿 Latin album = white tablet (albus = white), a blank surface to fill in
In Rome, an album was a whitened board where public notices were written. The sense moved from a blank page to a book for photos, then to a collection of songs. In Spanish the accent on á puts the stress on the first syllable: ÁL-bum.