Where does “dobra” come from?

dobra (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dobrar, from Late Latin duplo, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dobra (Portuguese): fold; fold; crease; dobra

Definitions

  1. fold; fold; crease; dobra

Ancestry of “dobra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedobrarto double, to multiply by two; to fold, to bend...
2Late Latinduplodative masculine singular of duplus; dative...
3Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
4Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “dobra”

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →Every word from Latin dūplus →Every word from Late Latin duplo →