Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁“two”
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-“two-, double-”
- Proto-Germanic*twi-“two-, double-”
- Old Englishtwi-“two, double”
- Middle Englishtwi-
- Englishtwi-
From Middle English twi-, from Old English twi- (“two, double”), from Proto-Germanic *twi- (“two-, double-”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two-, double-”) (compare Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“twice”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Compare twin, twice, two, and see more details at two. Further related to the prefixes bi-, di-, and dis-. Cognate with German zwie- (“twice”), Swedish tve- (“twi-, double”), Russian дву- (dvu-), двух- (dvux-) Old Prussian dwi- (“twi-”), Latin bi-, bis (“twice”) (< Old Latin dui-, duis).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German zwie-
- zwie-two
Irish dé-
- dé-two
Russian дву-, двух-
- дву- (dvu-)two
- двух- (dvux-)two
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twi-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twi-
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