Etymology of the English word doublet
the English word
doubletderived from the Old French word
doubletderived from the Old French word
doublederived from the Late Latin word
duplus (twice as much, double)
derived from the Classical Latin word
duoderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dwo-Date
The earliest known usage of doublet in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
multipletCognates
Dutch
doublet, German
Dublette, Norwegian
dublett, Swedish
dubblettUsage
Word found in Modern English
