Where does “Dubbel” come from?

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

Dubbel (German): sandwich

Definitions

  1. sandwich

Ancestry of “Dubbel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdubbel—
2Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
3Middle Frenchdouble—
4Old Frenchdobledouble
5Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
6Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Old French doble →