Where does “doublet” come from?
Doublet comes from Middle English doublet, from Italian giubba, from Arabic جُبَّة, ultimately tracing back through Latin duplus and earlier sources to Proto-Iranian tap- meaning double or fold.
doublet (English): A pair of two similar or equal things; couple;...
Definitions
- A pair of two similar or equal things; couple;...
Ancestry of “doublet”, step by step
doublet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian giubbetta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | giubbetta | — |
| 2 | Italian | giubba | jacket; tunic |
| 3 | Latin | iuba | mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;... |
| 4 | Old Tupi | îub | to lie |
| 5 | Old Tupi | -a | forms nouns from a word's stem |
| 6 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 7 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | hand |
| 8 | Proto-Tupian | *po | hand |
via Middle English doublet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | doublet | doublet A man’s waistcoat |
| 2 | Old French | doublet | — |
| 3 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |