dub

dub · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰewbʰ-“plug, peg, wedge”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dub-“to hit, strike”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dubbōn
4. Old French · derived fromadober“to equip with arms; adorn”
5. Old English · inherited fromdubbian“to knight by striking with a sword, dub”
6. Middle English · inherited fromdubben
7. English todaydub

From Middle English dubben, from Old English dubbian (“to knight by striking with a sword, dub”) from Old French adober (“to equip with arms; adorn”) (also 11th century, Modern French adouber), both from Proto-West Germanic *dubbōn, from Proto-Germanic *dub- (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”). Cognate with Icelandic dubba (in dubba til riddara). Compare also drub for an English reflex of the Germanic word.

dub · verb, noun²

1505-1515

dub · noun³

1885-90. Imitative; see also flub, flubdub.

dub · verb, noun⁴

From a shortening of the word double.

dub · noun⁵

1. Celtic · borrowed from
2. English todaydub

From Celtic; compare Irish dobhar (“water”), Welsh dŵr (“water”).

dub · noun⁶

From shortening of double dime (“twenty”).

dub · verb, noun⁷

1. Middle English · derived fromdon up“to open”
2. English todaydub

From dup (“to open”), from do + up, from Middle English don up (“to open”).

Dub · noun⁸

Clipping of Dubliner.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from the later 16th c. To name, to entitle, to call.
• from the later part of the 19th c An unskillful, awkward person.
• from the first half of the 20th c To add sound to film or change audio on film.