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duo

/ˈdjuː.əʊ/ symbol

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Latin root: duo Wiktionary

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  1. ISO 639-3 language code for Dupaningan Agta.

noun

  1. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially: Two musicians who perform music together.
  2. Two musicians who perform music together.
  3. Any pair of people.

Origin

PIE word *dwóh₁ From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.

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