-opla

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See also: oplà

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto -obla, the letter "b" was changed to the letter "p" so that the verb obligar (to oblige) could be added.[1]

Suffix

-opla

  1. -fold
    du (two) + ‎-opla → ‎duopla (twofold, double)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^
    1908 March, “Raporto pri la laboroj de la Konstanta Komisio [A report on the work of the Constant Commission]”, in Progreso [Progress], number 1, Paris, page 10:
    Oni alprenas la sufikson -opl anstataŭ -obl (por nombroj), por havi la verbon obligar = devigi.
    One adopts the suffix -opl instead of -obl (for numbers), to have the verb obligar = to oblige.