Proto-Indo-European

*dwi-

‘two’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dwi-.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-, most familiar first.

• with ← wiþ ← *wiþi ← *wiþrą ← *wíterom
• double ← doble ← duplus ← *duplos ← *dwiplos
• wither ← wiþer ← *wiþr ← *wiþrą ← *wíterom
• pimpernel ← pimpernele ← pimpinelle ← pimpinella ← piper
• bijection ← *dwi-
• duple ← duplus ← *duplos ← *dwiplós
• doubloon ← doublon ← doblón ← doble ← duplus
• doppio ← duplus ← *duplos ← *dwiplós
• dubbel ← dobbel ← doble ← duplus ← *duplos
• vituperation ← vituperātiō ← vituperō ← *wí
• atwix ← twix ← tweox ← *twiskaz ← *twi-
• bimillennial ← bimillennialis ← *dwi-

More words from *dwi-

• bipennis
• biplicity
• doublure
• dobla
• dubbeltje
• duplet
• dupion
• duplify
• dvija
• eikositriophobia
• twifold
• vituperate
• vituperator
• witherling

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dwi-