Where does “vitalbaio” come from?

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

vitalbaio (Italian): A clump of old man's beard

Definitions

A clump of old man's beard

Ancestry of “vitalbaio”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	vitalba	old man's beard, traveller's joy
2	Italian	alba	dawn, daybreak, break of day; sunrise
3	Vulgar Latin	alba	—
4	Latin	Albus	white properly without, dull white
5	Proto-Italic	alβos	white
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₂élbʰos	white

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