Where does “doubler” come from?
doubler (French) comes from Old French dobler, from Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.
doubler (French): to double, duplicate; to double-cross; to...
Definitions
- to double, duplicate; to double-cross; to...
Ancestry of “doubler”, step by step
doubler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French dobler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | dobler | to double; to increase dramatically |
| 2 | Latin | dūplāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | dūplus | double (twice as much, or as big) |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *duplos | double |
via Latin dūplō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | dūplō | doubly |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
Words derived from “doubler”