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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/doppelt

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
doppelt
Friedrich Kluge2506642An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — doppelt1891John Francis Davis

doppelt, adj. (a parallel form, Doppel, occurs in the compounds Doppeladler, Doppelgänger), ‘double, duplicate, twofold,’ ModHG. only, from Fr. double; MidHG. dublin, ‘double,’ is a deriv. from the same source. The final t of the ModHG. word is a secondary suffix, as in Art, Obst.