Neuter

duel

(Engels)

a duel

Frekwensie

C1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dyˈ(ʋ)ɛl/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French duel, from Latin duellum (“duel; war”), archaic form of bellum (“war”). In Mediaeval Latin the meaning shifted from “war” to “duel” because of folk etymology associating it with duo (“two”).

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