Where does “verdubbelen” come from?
verdubbelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch dubbel, from Middle Dutch dobbel, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.
verdubbelen (Dutch): to double
Definitions
- to double
Ancestry of “verdubbelen”, step by step
verdubbelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dubbel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dubbel | double, twofold; ambivalent; ambiguous |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dobbel | — |
| 3 | Old French | doble | double |
| 4 | Latin | dūplus | double (twice as much, or as big) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *duplos | double |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |