Etymology

atwain

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Today it means: Into two parts. Full definition →

English twain ← Middle English tweyne ← Old English twēġen
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The story

  1. Englisha-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  3. Proto-Germanic*twai
  4. Proto-West Germanic*twai-
  5. Old Englishtwēġen
  6. Middle Englishtweyne
  7. Englishtwain
  8. English todayatwain

From a- + twain.

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