English
duello
Duello comes from Italian duello ‘duel’, and goes back to Latin duellum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduellum‘combat between two contenders, duel’
- Italianc. 1300–presentduello‘duel’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1601–1602same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduellum‘combat between two contenders, duel’
- Italianc. 1300–presentduello‘duel’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1601–1602same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfe Night, or What You Will: “Come ſir Andrew, there's no remedie, the Gentleman will…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, tool, teen, dynamic, dynasty, tow, dynamo, dun, dynastic, tine, taw, beaucoup, beauteous, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’
beautiful, beauty, boo, beau, rebellion, rebellious, rebelling, benefice, bauble, bello, 35 more
through Archaic Latin duenos
ben, beneficial, rebel, beneficiary, bene, revel, bellicose, 36 more
through Latin bonus ‘good, brave’
bonus, optimal, bonnie, optimism, boon, bona, bonny, bonbon, 13 more
Today it means
noun A duel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin duellum / duello