Etymology

atwix

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Today it means: between; betwixt Full definition →

Middle English atwix, atwixen ← Proto-Germanic *twiskaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*twiskaz“twofold, double”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromatwix, atwixen
  3. English todayatwix

From Middle English atwix, atwixen, from a- + twix, twixt ("among"), from a- + tweox (“twofold”), from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*twiskaz all →

betwixttwixt

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.