Where does “doublethink” come from?

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

doublethink (English): The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's...

Definitions

  1. The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's...

Ancestry of “doublethink”, step by step

doublethink traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English doublé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoubléA compound attack that deceives the opponent's...
2Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
3Middle Frenchdouble—
4Old Frenchdobledouble
5Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
6Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

via English think

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthinkTo ponder, to go over in one's head; To...
2Middle EnglishthinkenTo think, ponder; to deduce, figure out; to...
3Old Englishþyncanto seem
4Proto-Germanicþunkijanąto seem, to appear

Words derived from “doublethink”

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