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Where does “distiquement” come from?

distiquement (French) comes from French distique, from Latin distichon, from Ancient Greek δίστιχον, from Ancient Greek δί-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

distiquement (French): distichously

Definitions

  1. distichously

Ancestry of “distiquement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdistiquedistichous; having two rows of facets around each...
2Latindistichoncouplet, distich
3Ancient Greekδίστιχον—
4Ancient Greekδί-—
5Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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