English
bes
Bes comes from Latin bes ‘two-thirds, or a two-thirds part of any unit’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwóh₁‘two’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duō‘two’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘two’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbes‘two-thirds, or a two-thirds part of any unit’derivative of *duō
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwóh₁‘two’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duō‘two’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘two’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbes‘two-thirds, or a two-thirds part of any unit’derivative of *duō
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’
two, doubt, vice, defeat, twin, binary, vicious, diplomacy, twain, bis, disparate, biceps, twig, binocular, betwixt, 20 more
through Proto-Italic *duō ‘two’
through Latin *duō ‘two’
Today it means
noun A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ / bes