twifold

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/ˈtwaɪfəʊld/

adjective

Twofold.

OriginMiddle English twifold ← Old English twifeald ← Proto-West Germanic *twifald →
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Meanings

adjectivetwifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold)

comparative more twifold · superlative most twifold · alternative twyfold

  1. archaicTwofold.
adverbtwifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold)

comparative more twifold · superlative most twifold · alternative twyfold

  1. archaicIn a twofold manner or measure.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*twifaldaz“twofold”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*twifald
  3. Old Englishtwifeald“double, twofold”
  4. Middle Englishtwifold
  5. Englishtwifold

From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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