English
duelo
Duelo 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’
- Englishtodayduelo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduellum‘combat between two contenders, duel’
- Italianc. 1300–presentduello‘duel’
- Englishtodayduelo
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, rebellion, beau, rebellious, rebelling, bello, benefice, bauble, 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 —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin duellum / duelo