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Where does “aube” come from?

aube (French) comes from Old French albe, from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

aube (French): dawn, sunrise, daybreak; beginning; alb

Definitions

  1. dawn, sunrise, daybreak; beginning; alb

Ancestry of “aube”, step by step

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

Words derived from “aube”

  • aubette
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