Etymology

twitchel

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Today it means: A narrow alleyway between houses; a ginnel. Full definition →

Middle English twichel ← Old English twiċen
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromtwiċen“fork in the road”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtwichel
  3. English todaytwitchel

Inherited from Middle English twichel, alteration of twychen (with change of suffix), from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishtwiċen all →

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