Where does “aubade” come from?

aubade (Dutch) comes from French aubade, from Old French albade, from Old Spanish albada, from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

aubade (Dutch): a song or musical performance to honour someone, performed in the morning

Definitions

  1. a song or musical performance to honour someone, performed in the morning

Ancestry of “aubade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaubadeaubade (song; poem)
2Old Frenchalbadeaubade
3Old Spanishalbada—
4Vulgar Latinalba—
5LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
6Proto-Italicalβoswhite
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “aubade”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →