Where does “dubbelagente” come from?

dubbelagente (Dutch) comes from Dutch agente, from Dutch agent, from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.

dubbelagente (Dutch): female double agent

Definitions

  1. female double agent

Ancestry of “dubbelagente”, step by step

dubbelagente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch agente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchagentefemale police officer; female spy
2Dutchagenta police officer; an undercover agent; an agent,...
3Frenchagentagent
4Middle Frenchagent—
5Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
6Latinagōto act, to behave
7Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Dutch dubbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdubbeldouble, twofold; ambivalent; ambiguous
2Middle Dutchdobbel—
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
5Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →