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Where does “tuo” come from?

tuo (Middle English) comes from Old English twā, from Old English twēġen, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

tuo (Middle English): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “tuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwātwo
2Old Englishtwēġentwo; twain
3Proto-West Germanictwai-two
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “tuo”

  • twothirds
  • twopence
  • twopenny
  • twoness
  • twoscore
  • atwo
  • twopennyworth
  • twosies
  • twoish
  • twoer
  • twoth
  • two-faced
  • two-tongued
  • two-headed
  • two-legged
  • two-lipped
  • two-armed
  • two-handedness
  • two-handedly
  • two-up
  • two-facedly
  • two-handed
  • two-ply
  • onesie-twosie
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