Where does “aubade” come from?

aubade (French) comes 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 (French): aubade (song; poem)

Definitions

  1. aubade (song; poem)

Ancestry of “aubade”, step by step

aubade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French albade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchalbadeaubade
2Old Spanishalbada—
3Vulgar Latinalba—
4LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
5Proto-Italicalβoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

via Middle French aubade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchaubade—
2Old Occitanaubada—

Words derived from “aubade”

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