alb
‘white linen robe’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root
E. nobe, abe, awbe, naube, halbe, nabe, aulbe, abbe, awlbe, hawbe, alba, halban < O.E. albe ‘white linen robe’ < La.Lat. alba < albus ‘white’ < alb < albho- < Tamil el
alb
English words derived from Tamil el connoting ‘rising’