Where does “du” come from?

du (Esperanto) comes from French deux, from Middle French deux, from Old French deux.

du (Esperanto): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “du”, step by step

du traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French deux

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdeuxtwo; twos
2Middle Frenchdeuxtwo
3Old Frenchdeux

via Latin duō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinduōtwo; 2
2Proto-Italicduōtwo
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “du

Every word from Old French deux
du — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer