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In etymology, two or more words in the same language are called doublets or etymological twins (or possibly triplets, etc.) when they have the same etymological root but have entered the language through different routes. Because the relationship between words that have the same root and the same meaning...
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Doublet may refer to: Doublet (clothing), a man's snug-fitting buttoned jacket that was worn from the late 14th century to the mid 17th century Doublet (Nice), A Hondtlie,jokes,verimark signing out Doublet (lapidary), an assembled gem composed in two sections, such as a garnet overlaying green glass...
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a Doublet (linguistics), one of two or more words of the same language that come from the same root...
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Another example of nearly synonymous doublets is ''aperture'' and ''overture'' (the commonality behind the meanings is "opening"), but doublets may develop divergent meanings, such as the ''opposite'' words, ''host'' and ''guest'', which occur as a doublet in Old French hospes, before having been borrowed into English.
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Doublet (linguistics) Index for Doublet...
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Doublet (linguistics). Doublet (linguistics) summary with 3 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. Doublet (linguistics) from Wíkipedia. ©2006 by Wíkipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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Definitions for "Doublet" Add To Word List The electronic state of a molecule having one unpaired spin is termed a doublet (see radical). This term is derived from spectroscopy: an unpaired spin can be either up or down with respect to a magnetic field, and these states have different energy,
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Articles in category "Historical linguistics" Evolutionary linguistics...
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a Doublet (linguistics), one of two or more words of the same language that come from the same root...
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Comparative Historical Linguistics Lexicon: Linguistics 450...
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