Where does “dobbelen” come from?

dobbelen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French dobler, from Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

Ancestry of “dobbelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdoblerto double; to increase dramatically
2Latindūplāre—
3Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
4Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “dobbelen”

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Latin dūplāre →