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Where does “doublé” come from?

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

doublé (English): A compound attack that deceives the opponent's...

Definitions

  1. A compound attack that deceives the opponent's...

Ancestry of “doublé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
2Middle Frenchdouble—
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplus—
5Proto-Italic*duplos—
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