Where does “aube” come from?
aube (English) comes from French aube, from Old French albe, from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.
aube (English): Obsolete form of alb
Ancestry of “aube”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aube | dawn, sunrise, daybreak; beginning; alb |
| 2 | Old French | albe | dawn |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | alba | — |
| 4 | Latin | Albus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |