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English word deuce comes from Proto-Indo-European *dwó, Proto-Indo-European *dāu-, and later Proto-Italic *duō (Two.)
*dwó (Proto-Indo-European)
*dāu- (Proto-Indo-European)
*duō (Proto-Italic)
Two.
duellum (Old Latin)
duo (Latin)
Two; 2.
deuz (Old French)
(two).
dewes (Middle English)
deuce (English)
(baseball) A curveball.. (cards) A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.. (dice) A cast of dice totalling two.. (dice) A side of a die with two spots.. (in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).. (restaurants) A table seating two diners.. (slang) A piece of excrement.. (tennis) A tie [...]