Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade. · To name, to entitle, to call. · To deem. · To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
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.
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- Inherited-form mentiondubbenenm
- Inherited-form mentiondubbianang · to knight by striking with a sword, dub
- Derivation mentionadoberfro · to equip with arms; adorn
- Cognate mentionadouberfr
- Inherited-form mention*dubbōngmw-pro
- Derivation mention*dub-gem-pro · to hit, strike
- Derivation mention*dʰewbʰ-ine-pro · plug, peg, wedge
- Cognate mentiondubbais
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