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Where does “alba” come from?

alba (Ecclesiastical Latin) comes from Latin Alba.

alba (Ecclesiastical Latin): a white precious stone, the pearl; vocative...

Definitions

  1. a white precious stone, the pearl; vocative...

Ancestry of “alba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAlba—
Every word from Latin Alba →