Where does “Doppelgänger” come from?

Doppelgänger (German) comes from German doppel-, from German Doppel, from Middle Dutch dubbel, from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

Doppelgänger (German): doppelganger, doppelgänger

Definitions

  1. doppelganger, doppelgänger

Ancestry of “Doppelgänger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandoppel-duplicate, double; double
2GermanDoppeldoubles; duplicate
3Middle Dutchdubbel—
4Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
5Middle Frenchdouble—
6Old Frenchdobledouble
7Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
8Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “Doppelgänger”

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Old French doble →