Where does “Alicante” come from?

Alicante (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَلقَنْت, from Latin Lucentum, from Ancient Greek λευκός, from Proto-Hellenic *leukós — white.

Ancestry of “Alicante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishAlicante
2Arabicاَلقَنْت
3LatinLucentumnow Alicante
4Ancient Greekλευκόςbright, shining, gleaming; light in color; white;...
5Proto-Hellenic*leukóswhite
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *leukósEvery word from Ancient Greek λευκόςEvery word from Latin Lucentum