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duplex (adj.)
1817, "composed of two parts," from Latin
duplex
, from
duo
"two" (see
two
) +
-plex
, from Greek
plax
(genitive
plakos
) "flat surface." The noun sense of "house for two families; two-story apartment" is American English, 1922.
