## Meanings
1. To give someone or something a nickname or descriptive name.
2. To replace the original speech in a film with a recording in another language.
3. To make someone a knight by touching them on the shoulder with a sword.

## Examples
- The press quickly dubbed her the queen of pop.
- The Italian film was dubbed into English for cinema audiences.
- The queen dubbed him a knight for his service.

## Derived Forms
- dub-cove
- dub-lay
- dubbable
- dubber
- dubbese
- dubby
- dubdown
- dublike
- dubplate
- dubsman
- dubstep
- dubtitle

## Related Forms
- adr
- revoice

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dubben
- Root: dubbian
- Root: adober
- Root: *dubbōn
- Root: *dub-
- Root: *dʰewbʰ-

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Dub comes 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. The historical chain includes dubben (Middle English), dubbian (Old English), adober (Old French), *dubbōn (Proto-West Germanic), and *dub- (Proto-Germanic). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as dub-cove, dub-lay, dubbable, and dubber and related forms such as adr and revoice. In present use it covers to give someone or something a nickname or descriptive name, to replace the original speech in a film with a recording in another language, and to make someone a knight by touching them on the shoulder with a sword.

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