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Where does “albe” come from?

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

albe (Old French): dawn

Definitions

  1. dawn

Ancestry of “albe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinalba—
2LatinAlbus—
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “albe”

  • aubette
  • aube
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