duel
English
/ˈdjuːəl/, /ˈd(j)uəl/
noun
Definitions
- Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
- Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
Etymology
Derived from Latin duellum (war), duo (two) derived from Old Latin duellum derived from Proto-Indo-European *dāu-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dāu-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belliferous English
- dueler English
- duelist English
- duelsome English
- outduel English
- *dui Latin
- bellax Latin
- bellicus Latin
- bellifer Latin
- belliger Latin
- bellipotens Latin
- bello Latin
- bellor Latin
- bellosus Latin
- bellum Latin
- dubius Latin
- duello Latin
- duellum Latin
- duo Latin
- duplus Latin
- imbellis Latin
- perduellis Latin
- Duell German
- Duo German
- duello Italian
- duo Italian
- Belfort French
- duodi French
- *deh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *dāu- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- duell Norwegian Bokmål
- デュエル Japanese
- duell Norwegian Nynorsk
- duel Danish
- deus Old French
- doi Old French
- du Esperanto
- duel Catalan, Valencian
- duel Middle French
- דו Hebrew (modern)
- *duō Proto-Italic
- doi Friulian
- doi Dalmatian
- doi Ladin
- dui Istriot
- dui Corsican
- duellum Old Latin
- bello Interlingua
- doi Piedmontese