French · noun

deux

‘the number two’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
two
two
French
deux
deux
Hindi
दोdo
दो
Telugu
రెండుreṇḍu
రెండు
Tamil
இரண்டுiraṇṭu
இரண்டு
  • twoEnglish⟷deuxFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • twoEnglish⟷दोHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • deuxFrench⟷दोHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • இரண்டுTamil⟷రెండుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01deux is a French noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('the number two') can be approximated as TWO in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03deux is inherited from Latin duo ‘two’ (confidence 0.90).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:two-la-fr0.90
    • sourcetlfi0.90
  4. 04two is cognate with fr deux (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:two-cog-fr-en0.85
    • sourcewatkins0.85
  5. 05Aligned forms: English two (cognate); Hindi दो (do) (cognate); Tamil இரண்டு (iraṇṭu) (translation equivalent); Telugu రెండు (reṇḍu) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. duoLatin— inherited →deux accepted
    tlfi0.90
  2. deuxFrench— cognate →two accepted
    watkins0.85