myEtymology.com: French etymology of doubler

Etymology of the French word doubler

the Old French word doubler

derived from the Latin word duplare

derived from the Late Latin word duplus (twice as much, double)

derived from the Classical Latin word duo

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dwo-

English double, Romanian dubla

Italian doppiare, Portuguese dobrar, Provençal doblar, Spanish doblar

Word found in Old French