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Where does “Duell” come from?
Duell (German) comes from Latin duellum, from Old Latin duenelos.
Duell
(German): duel
Definitions
duel
Ancestry of “Duell”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
duellum
war; combat between two contenders, duel
2
Old Latin
duenelos
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Words derived from “Duell”
дуэль
дуэл
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