Where does “dubla” come from?
dubla (Romanian) comes from Romanian dublu, from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.
dubla (Romanian): to double
Definitions
- to double
Ancestry of “dubla”, step by step
dubla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian dublu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dublu | double |
| 2 | French | doublé | double, brace, pair; double; doublé |
| 3 | Middle French | double | — |
| 4 | Old French | doble | double |
| 5 | Latin | dūplus | double (twice as much, or as big) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *duplos | double |
via French doubler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | doubler | to double, duplicate; to double-cross; to... |
| 2 | Latin | dūplō | doubly |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |