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Where does “duobinary” come from?

duobinary (English) comes from English binary, from Late Latin binarius, from Latin bīnī, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

duobinary (English): Being, or pertaining to, a bipolar encoding in...

Definitions

  1. Being, or pertaining to, a bipolar encoding in...

Ancestry of “duobinary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbinaryBeing in a state of one of two mutually exclusive...
2Late Latinbinariusconsisting of two; Containing or consisting of...
3Latinbīnī—
4Latinbistwice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways
5Latincolorcolour, shade; color; pigment; complexion
6Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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