Etymology

tweenlight

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Today it means: The period between dusk and nightfall; twilight. Full definition →

Old English twēonlēoht
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  1. Old English · inherited fromtwēonlēoht“twilight”
  2. English todaytweenlight

From Old English twēonlēoht (“twilight”, literally “double-/doubtful-/uncertain-light”). The alternative spellings are due to a misassociation with between, erroneously interpreting tweenlight as if it were a shortening of between-light.

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