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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

Definitions

  1. aubade

Ancestry of “aubade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchalbadeaubade
2Old Spanishalbada—
3Vulgar Latinalba—
4LatinAlbus—
5Proto-Italicalβoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “aubade”

  • aubade
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