This term for a plant or animal with a marked deficiency of pigmentation comes from the Latin for "white"
Some man/men decided to 
categorize humans, along with the plant and animal kingdoms and... [DOC] [TLE] My Business - Glossary - urban albino ball pythons [PAR] A single recessive mutation resulting in a lack of black pigment referred in both 
skin and eyes ... Arboreal- Its meaning comes from the Latin arbor, meaning tree.