Where does “dobra” come from?
dobra (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dobrar, from Late Latin duplo, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos.
dobra (Portuguese): fold; fold; crease; dobra
Definitions
- fold; fold; crease; dobra
Ancestry of “dobra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | dobrar | to double, to multiply by two; to fold, to bend... |
| 2 | Late Latin | duplo | dative masculine singular of duplus; dative... |
| 3 | Latin | dūplus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *duplos | — |
Words derived from “dobra”