Where does “alba” come from?

alba (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese alva, from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

alba (Galician): dawn

Definitions

  1. dawn

Ancestry of “alba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesealvaalb; dawn
2Vulgar Latinalba—
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →