Where does “dobro” come from?

dobro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dobro (Portuguese): double

Definitions

  1. double

Ancestry of “dobro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesedobro
2Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
3Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

Words derived from “dobro

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos
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