The process of coating or treating something with albumen (the protein found in egg white) to create a protective or adhesive layer.
From 'albumen' (egg white), derived from Latin 'albumen' meaning 'white of an egg,' combined with the verb-forming suffix '-ize' and present participle '-ing.' Albumen itself comes from 'albus' (white).
Photographers in the 1800s used albumen from egg whites to make prints stick to paper—so millions of historical photos exist literally because someone figured out eggs could be a coating for images!
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