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doppel
German · medieval
"double"
meaning "double"
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Stage 2 of 3
Doppelgänger
German · 1700s
"a ghostly double"
combining "doppel" with "Gänger" (goer), a ghostly double of a living person
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Stage 3 of 3
doppelganger
English · 1800s
"a look-alike or double of a living person"
adopted directly from German
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