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Where does “deux” come from?
deux (French) comes from Middle French deux, from Old French deux.
deux
(French): two; twos
Definitions
two; twos
Ancestry of “deux”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle French
deux
two
2
Old French
deux
—
Words derived from “deux”
du
deuxième
une-deux
dé
de
de
deux-mille
entre-deux
nonante-deux
dé
dua
due
du
duo
duuma
2e
duona
duiliono
duiliardo
duono
dudek
duobla
duope
duopo
Every word from Old French deux →