Etymology of the English word doubloon
the English word
doubloonderived from the Spanish word
doblonderived from the Spanish word
dobladerived from the Latin word
duplausing the Latin suffix
-usderived from the Late Latin word
duplus (twice as much, double)
derived from the Classical Latin word
duoderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dwo-derived from the Spanish word
doblónderived from the Spanish word
dobladerived from the Latin word
duplausing the Latin suffix
-usderived 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 doubloon in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
dubloen, German
DubloneUsage
Word found in Modern English
