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

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of alb

Ancestry of “aube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaubedawn, sunrise, daybreak; beginning; alb
2Old Frenchalbedawn
3Vulgar Latinalba—
4LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
5Proto-Italicalβoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →