The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
- Proto-Italic*dwenos
- Old Latin*duenelos?
- Old Latinduellum
- Old Latinduellicus
- Latinbellicus
- Frenchbellique
- English todaybellic
Borrowed from French bellique, itself from Latin bellicus.
Words from the same roots
Latinbellicus all →
bellicistinterbellic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.