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-1‘two’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwiplós2‘double, twofold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duplos3‘double’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduplus4‘double’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdupla4
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentdobla5
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1840dobla5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *dwiplós
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *duplos
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin duplus
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Spanish dobla
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English dobla
  6. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Voyage to Cathay. […]: ““Prithee, Pepe,” commenced the soldier, “how many hundred doblas…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwi-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *dwiplós‘two’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwiplósWiktionary, Proto-Italic *duplos‘double, twofold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duplosWiktionary, Latin duplus‘double’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduplusWiktionary, Spanish dobla‘double’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduplaWiktionary, Spanish dobla
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentdoblaWiktionary, English dobla
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1840doblaWiktionary, English dobla. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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, 22 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dobla”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *dwiplós, Proto-Italic *duplos, Latin duplus, Spanish dobla. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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