Etymology

tway

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Middle English tweye ← Old English twēġe
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  1. Old English · inherited fromtwēġe
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtweye
  3. English todaytway

Inherited from Middle English tweye, from Old English twēġe, reduced form of twēġen (“twain”). Doublet of swy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.