Where does “due” come from?

due (Italian) comes from Latin duae, from Latin duō, from Proto-Italic duō, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

due (Italian): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “due”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinduaenominative feminine plural of duo
2Latinduōtwo; 2
3Proto-Italicduōtwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “due”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic duō →Every word from Latin duō →