Where does “doublure” come from?
doublure (French) comes from French doubler, from Old French dobler, from Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.
doublure (French): lining; understudy; body double, stand-in;...
Definitions
- lining; understudy; body double, stand-in;...
Ancestry of “doublure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | doubler | to double, duplicate; to double-cross; to... |
| 2 | Old French | dobler | to double; to increase dramatically |
| 3 | Latin | dūplāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | dūplus | double (twice as much, or as big) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *duplos | double |
Words derived from “doublure”