Where does “sdoppiamento” come from?

sdoppiamento (Italian) comes from Italian sdoppiare, from Italian doppiare, from French doubler, from Old French dobler, from Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

sdoppiamento (Italian): split, splitting in two

Definitions

  1. split, splitting in two

Ancestry of “sdoppiamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansdoppiareto split in two
2Italiandoppiareto go past or go by; to surpass another car by an...
3Frenchdoublerto double, duplicate; to double-cross; to...
4Old Frenchdoblerto double; to increase dramatically
5Latindūplāre
6Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
7Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos