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Where does “microdoublet” come from?

microdoublet (English) comes from English doublet, from Italian giubbetta, from Italian giubba, from Latin iuba, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po.

microdoublet (English): A doublet lens made by microfabrication

Definitions

  1. A doublet lens made by microfabrication

Ancestry of “microdoublet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoubletA pair of two similar or equal things; couple;...
2Italiangiubbetta—
3Italiangiubbajacket; tunic
4Latiniubamane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;...
5Old Tupiîub—
6Old Tupi-a—
7Old Tupipóhand
8Proto-Tupi-Guarani*po—
9Proto-Tupian*po—
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