Where does “dobrar” come from?

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

dobrar (Portuguese): to double, to multiply by two; to fold, to bend...

Definitions

  1. to double, to multiply by two; to fold, to bend...

Ancestry of “dobrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinduplodative masculine singular of duplus; dative...
2Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
3Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “dobrar”

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