English
doublet
Doublet comes from Old French doublet.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400doublet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400doublet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It: “I must comfort the weaker vessel, as doublet and…”
Formed from double + -et
Proto-Indo-European *dwi- ‘two’
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Proto-Italic *duplos
Latin duplus ‘twofold’
Old French doble
Middle English double
English double
Every English word from Old French doublet
Another origin of doublet
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*gbb‘to bend, curve, cut’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentجبة‘to en-wrap’
- Italianc. 1300–presentgiubba
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentgiubbetta
- Englishtodaydoublet
Today it means
noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French doublet / doublet