'albitophyre' originates from 'Latin', specifically the word 'albus', where 'albus' meant 'white', combined with 'phyre' from 'porphyry', a type of igneous rock.

'albus' transformed into the French word 'albite', and eventually became the modern English word 'albitophyre' through geological terminology.

Initially, it meant 'a white rock', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a porphyritic rock with albite'.