Where does “dubbel” come from?

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

dubbel (English): A kind of strong brown beer, originally from...

Definitions

  1. A kind of strong brown beer, originally from...

Ancestry of “dubbel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdubbeldouble, twofold; ambivalent; ambiguous
2Middle Dutchdobbel
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
5Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos
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