Where does “duumvir” come from?
duumvir (French) comes from Latin duumvir, from Latin duum, from Latin duorum, from Latin duo, from Proto-Italic duō, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
duumvir (French): duumvir
Ancestry of “duumvir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | duumvir | duumvir |
| 2 | Latin | duum | genitive masculine of duo; genitive neuter of... |
| 3 | Latin | duorum | genitive masculine of duo; genitive neuter of duo |
| 4 | Latin | duo | two; 2 |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | duō | two |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |