Where does “dobbelt” come from?

dobbelt (Middle Low German) comes from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

Ancestry of “dobbelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdobledouble
2Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
3Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “dobbelt”

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Old French doble →