Where does “duavice” come from?
duavice (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto dua, from Esperanto du, from French deux, from Middle French deux, from Old French deux.
duavice (Esperanto): secondarily; on the other hand
Definitions
- secondarily; on the other hand
Ancestry of “duavice”, step by step
duavice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto dua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | dua | second |
| 2 | Esperanto | du | two |
| 3 | French | deux | two; twos |
| 4 | Middle French | deux | two |
| 5 | Old French | deux | — |
via Esperanto viĉo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | viĉo | Wicca |
| 2 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |