Etymology

twindle

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Today it means: A twin or twinling. Full definition →

Middle English *twinle ← Old English *twinnla
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  1. Old English · inherited from*twinnla“twin, twinling”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*twinle
  3. English todaytwindle

From Middle English *twinle, *twinnle, from Old English *twinnla (“twin, twinling”), equivalent to twin + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German gizwinalo (“twin”).

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