Where does “duelo” come from?

duelo (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish duelo, from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleō, from Proto-Italic doleō, from Proto-Indo-European dolh₁éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European delh₁- — to split, divide.

duelo (Spanish): sorrow; mourning; duel

Definitions

  1. sorrow; mourning; duel

Ancestry of “duelo”, step by step

duelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish duelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishduelosorrow, mourning
2Late Latindoluspain, grief
3Latindoleōto hurt, suffer (physical pain)
4Proto-Italicdoleōhurt, cause pain
5Proto-Indo-Europeandolh₁éyetidivide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandelh₁-to split, divide

via Latin duellum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinduellumwar; combat between two contenders, duel
2Old Latinduenelos—

Words derived from “duelo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European delh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dolh₁éyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic doleō →