köken: Adaptation of Ukrainian двобій (dvobij) which, along with many other cognates, is eventually descended from Proto-Slavic *dъva (“two”) + *bojь (“fight”).
köken: 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”).
single combat (duel between single representatives of opposing armies, with the outcome accepted as the battle's outcome) · horseplay (rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm) · horseplay (displays of skill and horse races)
çekim: çoğul harce · tamlayan harcu
köken: Borrowed from Old Czech harc, from Hungarian harc.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos? Latin duellum De Vaan 2008 favors Pinault 1987's proposed derivation from *duenelos, a diminutive of duenos, itself an earlier form of bonus (“good, brave”). Perhaps the sense of "brave" allowed for the term to become a euphemism for wartime deeds, facilitating an eventual generalization to…
aile: duellātor, duellis, duellō, Duellōna, perduellis, proelium