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Where does “doublure” come from?

doublure (English) comes from French doublure, from French doubler, from Old French dobler, from Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos.

doublure (English): An elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a...

Definitions

  1. An elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a...

Ancestry of “doublure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoublurelining; understudy; body double, stand-in;...
2Frenchdoublerto double, duplicate; to double-cross; to...
3Old Frenchdoblerto double; to increase dramatically
4Latindūplāre—
5Latindūplus—
6Proto-Italic*duplos—
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