Where does “ダブル立直” come from?

ダブル立直 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ダブル, from English doublé, from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

ダブル立直 (Japanese): a 役 for declaring a ready hand on the first go-around of play, worth 2 翻

Definitions

  1. a 役 for declaring a ready hand on the first go-around of play, worth 2 翻

Ancestry of “ダブル立直”, step by step

ダブル立直 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ダブル

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseダブルdouble
2EnglishdoubléA compound attack that deceives the opponent's...
3Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
4Middle Frenchdouble
5Old Frenchdobledouble
6Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
7Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

via Japanese 立直

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese立直riichi, a completed by declaring the hand to be, waiting for one more tile to win; can potentially also score and
2Chinese立直riichi
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos