Where does “dúbail” come from?

dúbail (Irish) comes from Middle English double, from Old French dobler, from Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dúbail (Irish): to double

Definitions

  1. to double

Ancestry of “dúbail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdouble—
2Old Frenchdoblerto double; to increase dramatically
3Latindūplāre—
4Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
5Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “dúbail”

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