Where does “dublon” come from?

dublon (Romanian) comes from French doublon, from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

dublon (Romanian): doubloon

Definitions

  1. doubloon

Ancestry of “dublon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdoublondoublet; duplicate; doubloon
2Frenchdoublédouble, brace, pair; double; doublé
3Middle Frenchdouble
4Old Frenchdobledouble
5Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
6Proto-Italic*duplosdouble
Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos
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