Where does “Alba” come from?

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

Alba (Tagalog): daybreak; dawn

Definitions

  1. daybreak; dawn

Ancestry of “Alba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishAlbafrom place names of obscure origin
2Vulgar Latinalba—
3LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
4Proto-Italicalβoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →