Where does “doute” come from?

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

doute (Old French): doubt

Definitions

  1. doubt

Ancestry of “doute”, step by step

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

Words derived from “doute”

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