Where does “dewblek” come from?

dewblek (Cornish) comes from English doublé, from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dewblek (Cornish): double, twofold

Definitions

  1. double, twofold

Ancestry of “dewblek”, step by step

dewblek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English doublé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoubléA compound attack that deceives the opponent's...
2Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
3Middle Frenchdouble—
4Old Frenchdobledouble
5Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
6Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

via Cornish pleg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishplegbend
2Cornishplegyato bend, to fold
3Proto-Brythonic*plɨɡɨd—
4Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Cornish dew

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishdewtwo
2Proto-Brythonic*dowtwo
3Proto-Celtic*duwotwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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