Where does “due” come from?
due (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Italian due, from Latin duae, from Latin duō, from Proto-Italic duō, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
due (Norwegian Bokmål): dove, pigeon, culver
Ancestry of “due”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | due | two |
| 2 | Latin | duae | nominative feminine plural of duo |
| 3 | Latin | duō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | duō | two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |