Where does “dupla” come from?

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

dupla (Portuguese): pair, duo; doubles; feminine singular of duplo

Definitions

  1. pair, duo; doubles; feminine singular of duplo

Ancestry of “dupla”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dupla”

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