duo-
L. duo = Gr. δύο (dyo), ‘two’, as an initial element, forms composite numbers. It is sometimes improperly used to form other modern compounds where bi- (or in Greek words di-) is the proper formative; e.g.
duoˈcameral = bicameral; duoˈcentenary = bicentenary or ducentenary; ˈduoglott = diglott; duoˈliteral = biliteral; duˈopedal = bipedal.
| a 1828 Stuart in Webster, Duoliteral. 1850 (title) The Duoglott Bible comprising the Holy Scriptures in the Welsh and English Languages. 1859 Sala Gas-light & D. xxviii. 318 Forced to assume the duopedal attitude by the cudgel of his master. 1879 Sat. Rev. 4 Oct. 412/1 Duocentenaries, ter-centenaries, and quin-centenaries have all lately taken place. 1894 Daily Graphic 19 Mar. 7/3 It has helped to illustrate..the utility of the Duocameral system. 1894 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. 4/7 Many thousands of the ‘duoglot’ babies have been reduced by a stroke of his autocratic pen to ‘monoglots’. |