Where does “doublon” come from?
doublon (French) comes from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.
doublon (French): doublet; duplicate; doubloon
Definitions
- doublet; duplicate; doubloon
Ancestry of “doublon”, step by step
doublon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French doublé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | doublé | double, brace, pair; double; doublé |
| 2 | Middle French | double | — |
| 3 | Old French | doble | double |
| 4 | Latin | dūplus | double (twice as much, or as big) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *duplos | double |
via Spanish doblón
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | doblón | doubloon |
| 2 | Spanish | doble | double; twofold; double, twice as much |
Words derived from “doublon”