Where does “duo” come from?

Duo comes from Italian duo, from Latin duo, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁, the word for two.

duo (English): Two people who work or collaborate together as...

Definitions

  1. Two people who work or collaborate together as...

Ancestry of “duo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchduoduo; duet
2ItalianduoObsolete form of due; duo; duet
3Latinduōtwo; 2
4Proto-Italicduōtwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “duo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁
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