Where does “duobla vo” come from?

duobla vo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto duobla, from Esperanto du, from French deux, from Middle French deux, from Old French deux.

duobla vo (Esperanto): The name of the Latin-script letter W

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W

Ancestry of “duobla vo”, step by step

duobla vo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto duobla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoduobladouble
2Esperantodutwo
3Frenchdeuxtwo; twos
4Middle Frenchdeuxtwo
5Old Frenchdeux—

via Esperanto vo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantovoThe name of the Latin-script letter V
Every word from Old French deux →Every word from Middle French deux →Every word from French deux →