deuce

deuce · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromduo
2. Old French · derived fromdeus
3. Middle English · inherited fromdewes“two”
4. English todaydeuce

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.

deuce · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromdeus
2. Old French · derived fromdeus“God”
3. English todaydeuce

Compare Late Latin dusius (“phantom, specter”); Scottish Gaelic taibhs, taibhse (“apparition, ghost”); or from Old French deus (“God”), from Latin deus (compare deity).

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