Where does “alba” come from?

alba (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin alba, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

alba (Italian): dawn, daybreak, break of day; sunrise

Definitions

  1. dawn, daybreak, break of day; sunrise

Ancestry of “alba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinalba—
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “alba”

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