Where does “Doppelpack” come from?

Doppelpack (German) comes 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.

Doppelpack (German): a packet (e.g. of a food item) containing two

Definitions

  1. a packet (e.g. of a food item) containing two

Ancestry of “Doppelpack”, step by step

Doppelpack traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Doppel

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

via German pack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpackpackage, bundle, bunch, (unwieldy) bag
2Low Germanpack
3Middle Low Germanpak
4Old Saxonpakko
5Frankishpakkō
6Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos