duedue

Due comes from Middle English dewe, from Old French deü, past participle of devoir ‘to owe’, from Latin dēbeō ‘to owe’ (dē- + habeō ‘to have’).

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhabeō¹‘to have’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēbeō¹‘to owe’
3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400devoir¹‘to owe’
4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400deü¹past participle of devoir
5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dewe¹‘due’
6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1597due¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English due
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]: “He will give the devil his due.”.