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Etymology of the English word bicephalous

the English word bicephalous

derived from the English word bi-

derived from the Latin word bi-

derived from the Latin word bis (two)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dwo-

derived from the Old Latin word duis

using the English suffix -cephalous

derived from the Greek suffix -kephalos, -κέφαλος, -κέϕαλος

derived from the Late Greek word kephale, κεφαλή (head; the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghebh-el-

Word found in Modern English