Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.
From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alba.
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- Inherited-form mentionaubeenm
- Inherited-form mentionalbeang
- Derivation mentionaubefro
- Derivation mentionalba#Adjective_1la
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