"two" in seven languages
Meaningtwo
Spanish
dos
/dos/
inherited
French
deux
/dø/
inherited
Italian
due
/ˈdue/
inherited
Probably from the feminine DUAE.
Portuguese
dois
/dojs/
inherited
fem.: duas
Romanian
doi
/doj/
inherited
fem.: două
Catalan
dos
/dos/
inherited
fem.: dues
English
two
/tu/
Indo-European kin · PIE *dwóh₁
English → ItaliantwodueDistant cognateRelated only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche). But English has relatives: dual, duet, double, duo.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DUŌS (fem. DUĀS)‘two’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and French kept the accusative's -s (dos, deux); Italian's ending matches the feminine DUAE.
English relatives: dual, duet, double, duo
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In a sentence
- esTengo dos hermanos.
- frJ'ai deux frères.
- itHo due fratelli.
- ptTenho dois irmãos.
- roAm doi frați.
- caTinc dos germans.
- enI have two brothers.