Where does “duplamente” come from?

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

duplamente (Portuguese): twice

Definitions

  1. twice

Ancestry of “duplamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseduplapair, duo; doubles; feminine singular of duplo
2Portugueseduplodouble
3Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
4Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →