Where does “dobo” come from?

dobo (Malagasy) comes from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dobo (Malagasy): pool

Definitions

  1. pool

Ancestry of “dobo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
2Middle Frenchdouble—
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
5Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “dobo”

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