Where does “duple” come from?

duple (Italian) comes from Italian duplo, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

duple (Italian): feminine plural of duplo

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of duplo

Ancestry of “duple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianduploduple, double; duple, duplet
2Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
3Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
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