Etymograph

English

dobla

Dobla comes from Spanish dobla, from Latin duplus ‘double’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- ‘two’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwi-‘two’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwiplós‘double, twofold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duplos‘double’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduplus‘double’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdupla
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentdobla
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1840same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwi-‘two’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwiplós‘double, twofold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duplos‘double’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduplus‘double’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdupla
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentdobla
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1840same form

Earliest quotation: 1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Voyage to Cathay. […]: “Prithee, Pepe,” commenced the soldier, “how many hundred doblas…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dwi- ‘two’

with, pimpernel, 23 more

through Latin duplus ‘double’

double, 9 more

Today it means

noun A historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dwi- / dobla

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