Where does “dúbailt” come from?

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

dúbailt (Irish): double, duplicate

Definitions

  1. double, duplicate

Ancestry of “dúbailt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdúbailto double
2Middle Englishdouble—
3Old Frenchdoblerto double; to increase dramatically
4Latindūplāre—
5Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
6Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
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