Where does “doute” come from?

doute (Middle English) comes from Old French doute, from Old French doter, from Latin dubitō, from Latin dubō, from Latin *dubos, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.

doute (Middle English): doubt

Definitions

  1. doubt

Ancestry of “doute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdoutedoubt
2Old Frenchdoterto doubt; to fear; to be afraid
3Latindubitōto waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt
4Latindubō—
5Latin*dubos—
6Indo-European*bʰuH-—

Words derived from “doute”

Every word from Indo-European *bʰuH- →Every word from Latin *dubos →Every word from Latin dubō →