Etymograph

English

aubade

Aubade comes from French aubade ‘aubade (song’, from Old Spanish albada ‘musical or poetic composition to be performed…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós ‘white’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*albʰós‘white’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*alβosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbus‘bright, clear’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*alba‘dawn’reconstructed
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500albada‘musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400albade
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentaubade‘aubade (song; poem)’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1873same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*albʰós‘white’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*alβosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalbus‘bright, clear’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*alba‘dawn’reconstructed
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500albada‘musical or poetic composition to be performed in the morning’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400albade
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentaubade‘aubade (song; poem)’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1873same form

Earliest quotation: 1873, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [I. Tales of a Wayside Inn.] The Student’s Tale. Emma and Eg: “And there he lingered till the crowing cock, /…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *albʰós ‘white’

elf, elven, oaf, 26 more

through Proto-Italic *alβos

albedo, albumin, albumen, 25 more

through Latin albus ‘bright, clear’

album, albino, 27 more

through Vulgar Latin *alba ‘dawn’

alba, alb

Today it means

noun A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *albʰós / aubade

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