duellum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) war
- (Medieval Latin) combat between two contenders, duel
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (kindle, burn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deh₂w-
Gloss
kindle, burn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- duel English
- dueler English
- duelist English
- duelo English
- duelsome English
- outduel English
- *dui Latin
- dubius Latin
- duello Latin
- duo Latin
- duplus Latin
- perduellis Latin
- Duell German
- Duo German
- duellare Italian
- duello Italian
- duo Italian
- duel Dutch, Flemish
- duodi French
- δαίω Ancient Greek
- δαιτρός Ancient Greek
- δύη Ancient Greek
- θεσπιδαής Ancient Greek
- *d-né-h₂w-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- duell Norwegian Bokmål
- デュエル Japanese
- duell Norwegian Nynorsk
- duel Danish
- duellere Danish
- deus Old French
- doi Old French
- du Esperanto
- duel Catalan, Valencian
- duelista Catalan, Valencian
- duel Middle French
- דו Hebrew (modern)
- *dawyeti Proto-Celtic
- *duō Proto-Italic
- doi Friulian
- doi Dalmatian
- doi Ladin
- dui Istriot
- dui Corsican
- duellum Old Latin
- doi Piedmontese