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Where does “dubbelklikken” come from?

dubbelklikken (Dutch) comes from Dutch dubbel, from Middle Dutch dobbel, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos.

dubbelklikken (Dutch): to double-click

Definitions

  1. to double-click

Ancestry of “dubbelklikken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdubbeldouble, twofold; ambivalent; ambiguous
2Middle Dutchdobbel—
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplus—
5Proto-Italic*duplos—
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