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 — double.

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

doublé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French doublé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
2Middle Frenchdouble—
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
5Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

via Middle English double

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdouble—
2Old Frenchdoblerto double; to increase dramatically
3Latindūplāre—

Words derived from “doublé”

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Old French doble →