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Where does “dobro” come from?
dobro (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.
Ancestry of “dobro”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
dūplus
double (twice as much, or as big)
2
Proto-Italic
*duplos
double
Words derived from “dobro”
dobro
dobrão
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