Where does “dobrâ” come from?

dobrâ (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese dobrar, from Late Latin duplo, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dobrâ (Kabuverdianu): To fold; bend; crease

Definitions

  1. To fold; bend; crease

Ancestry of “dobrâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedobrarto double, to multiply by two; to fold, to bend...
2Late Latinduplodative masculine singular of duplus; dative...
3Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
4Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
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