English
duo
Duo may come from French duo.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentduouncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentduouncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
Earliest quotation: 2009, Roger T. Dean: “I noticed early on, in playing a duo with…”
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 duo ‘two’
Today it means
noun Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French duo / duo