Where does “bicoloured” come from?

bicoloured (English) comes from English bi-, from Latin bi-, from Proto-Italic *dwi- — two, bi-, di.

bicoloured (English): Of two colours

Definitions

  1. Of two colours

Ancestry of “bicoloured”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbi-API; two, paired, both; half
2Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
3Proto-Italic*dwi-two, bi-, di

Words derived from “bicoloured”

Every word from Proto-Italic *dwi- →Every word from Latin bi- →Every word from English bi- →
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