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duel

(Anglais)

a duel

Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/dyˈ(ʋ)ɛl/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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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