duo
English
/ˈdjuː.əʊ/, /ˈdu.oʊ/
noun
Definitions
- Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.
- Any pair of two people.
- Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
- A song in two parts; a duet.
Etymology
Derived from French duo derived from Italian duo (two) derived from Latin duo (two) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (two).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dwóh₁
Gloss
two
Concept
Semantic Field
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Kanji
二
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dufoil English
- foil English
- *dui Latin
- bivius Latin
- dubitāre Latin
- dubius Latin
- duellum Latin
- duo Latin
- duplus Latin
- Duo German
- ambedue Italian
- due Italian
- duo Italian
- duo Dutch, Flemish
- duo French
- duodi French
- *dwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- duo Portuguese
- *twai Proto-Germanic
- द्व Sanskrit
- द्वि Sanskrit
- *dъva Proto-Slavic
- deus Old French
- doi Old French
- du Esperanto
- دیگه Persian
- երկու Old Armenian
- dá Old Irish
- דו Hebrew (modern)
- *dwau Proto-Celtic
- *dwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *duō Proto-Italic
- doi Friulian
- *duwō Proto-Albanian
- doi Dalmatian
- *duu̯a Proto-Iranian
- *dwitī́yakarah Proto-Iranian
- wi Tocharian B
- doi Ladin
- dui Istriot
- *dúwō Proto-Hellenic
- dui Corsican
- duellum Old Latin
- we Tocharian A
- wu Tocharian A
- doi Piedmontese
- dwai Old Prussian
- *duwō bat-pro