Etymology

duology

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Today it means: A series comprising two parts, particularly in genre fiction. Full definition →

Latin duo ← Ancient Greek λόγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλόγος“word”
  2. Latin · derived fromduo“two”
  3. English todayduology

Coined based on Latin duo (“two”) + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”).

Words from the same roots

Latinduo all →

duodubiousdeuceduo-

Ancient Greekλόγος all →

logossociologylogarithmcastellologycolloguelogo-logodaedalylogogriphlogopedicslogopoeialogorrheapaleologismprelogism

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