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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalbadawn, daybreak, break of day; sunrise
2Vulgar Latinalba—
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

via Italian vite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvitescrew; vine; plural of vita
2Latinvītisvine, grapevine
3Proto-Italic*wītis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéh₁itisthat which twines or bends; branch, switch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

Words derived from “vitalba”

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