Where does “due” come from?

due (Ido) comes from Ido du, from Esperanto du, from French deux, from Middle French deux, from Old French deux.

due (Ido): both

Definitions

  1. both

Ancestry of “due”, step by step

due traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido du

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idodutwo
2Esperantodutwo
3Frenchdeuxtwo; twos
4Middle Frenchdeuxtwo
5Old Frenchdeux—

via Ido e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IdoeApocopic form of ed
Every word from Old French deux →Every word from Middle French deux →Every word from French deux →