duplex
English
/ˈduplɛks/
adj
Definitions
- Double, made up of two parts.
- (telecommunications) Bidirectional in two directions.
- (soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex (double, two-fold, twofold).
Origin
Latin
duplex
Gloss
double, two-fold, twofold
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- duplexer English
- duplexity English
- heteroduplex English
- homoduplex English
- interduplex English
- intraduplex English
- multiduplex English
- nonduplex English
- oligoduplex English
- semiduplex English
- *duplem Latin
- duplex Latin
- duplico Latin
- duplex Italian
- duplex French
- dúplex Spanish, Castilian
- *dwipleks Proto-Italic