Etymograph

English

doublure

Doublure comes from French doublure ‘body double, stand-in’, and goes back to 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 CEdūplus‘double’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdūplāre
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400dobler‘to double’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentdoubler‘to double, duplicate’
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentdoublure‘body double, stand-in’
  9. Englishtodaysame 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 CEdūplus‘double’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdūplāre
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400dobler‘to double’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentdoubler‘to double, duplicate’
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentdoublure‘body double, stand-in’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

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Today it means

noun An elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book.

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

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

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