Where does “vitalba” come from?

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

vitalba (Italian): old man's beard, traveller's joy

Definitions

old man's beard, traveller's joy

Ancestry of “vitalba”, step by step

vitalba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian alba

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	alba	dawn, daybreak, break of day; sunrise
2	Vulgar Latin	alba	—
3	Latin	Albus	white properly without, dull white
4	Proto-Italic	alβos	white
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂élbʰos	white

via Italian vite

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	vite	screw; vine; plural of vita
2	Latin	vītis	vine, grapevine
3	Proto-Italic	*wītis	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	wéh₁itis	that which twines or bends; branch, switch
5	Proto-Indo-European	weh₁y-	to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

Words derived from “vitalba”

vitalbaio

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