twin

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 240 words | Copyright

twin twofold, double OE.; in t. brother, etc. XVI; forming a pair; sb. pl. two born at a birth OE. Late OE. twinn, earlier ġetwinn adj. and sb., corr. to ON. tvinnr, tvennr twofold, double :- Gmc. *twisnaz :- IE. *dwisno- :- cf. TWI-.

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