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Where does “dubiety” come from?

dubiety (English) comes from Latin dubietas, from Latin dubius, from Latin *dubos, from Indo-European *bʰuH-.

dubiety (English): Doubtfulness; A particular instance of doubt or...

Definitions

  1. Doubtfulness; A particular instance of doubt or...

Ancestry of “dubiety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindubietasdoubt, uncertainty; singular vocative of dubietās
2LatindubiusMoving in two directions alternately, vibrating...
3Latin*dubos—
4Indo-European*bʰuH-—
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