Etymology Explorer › FrenchWhere 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 dawn, sunrise, daybreak; beginning; alb Ancestry of “aube”, step by step aube traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French albe Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old French albe dawn 2 Vulgar Latin alba — 3 Latin Albus white properly without, dull white 4 Proto-Italic alβos white 5 Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos white
via Latin alapa Step Language Word Meaning 1 Latin alapa slap, smack 2 Aramaic אַלַּף to teach
via Ecclesiastical Latin alba Step Language Word Meaning 1 Ecclesiastical Latin alba a white precious stone, the pearl; vocative... 2 Latin Alba The name of a mythical pre-Roman king, Alba Silvius
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