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Where does “ドッペルゲンガー” come from?

ドッペルゲンガー (Japanese) comes from German Doppelgänger, from German doppel-, from German Doppel, from Middle Dutch dubbel, from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus.

ドッペルゲンガー (Japanese): a doppelganger

Definitions

  1. a doppelganger

Ancestry of “ドッペルゲンガー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDoppelgängerdoppelganger, doppelgänger
2Germandoppel-duplicate, double; double
3GermanDoppeldoubles; duplicate
4Middle Dutchdubbel—
5Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
6Middle Frenchdouble—
7Old Frenchdobledouble
8Latindūplus—
9Proto-Italic*duplos—
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