twi- en · X
Etymology
From Middle English twi-, from Old English twi- (“two, double”), from Proto-Germanic *twi- (“two-, double-”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two-, double-”) (compare Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“twice”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Compare twin, twice, two, and see more details at two. Further related to the prefixes bi-, di-, and dis-. Cognate with German zwie- (“twice”), Swedish tve- (“twi-, double”), Russian дву- (dvu-), двух- (dvux-) Old Prussian dwi- (“twi-”), Latin bi-, bis (“twice”) (< Old Latin dui-, duis).
Meanings
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(idiomatic, morpheme, rare) two
twi-headed
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(idiomatic, morpheme, rare) double, both
twilight, twisexual, twi-tongued
Synonyms
Translations (4)
de zwie- (two) · ru дву- (two) · ga dé- (two) · ru двух- (two)