Where does “Alba” come from?

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

Alba (Spanish): from place names of obscure origin

Definitions

  1. from place names of obscure origin

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 →