"betwixt" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [English]

IPA: /bɪˈtwɪkst/ [UK] Audio: En-us-betwixt.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪkst Etymology: From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bitwixe}} Middle English bitwixe, {{inh|en|ang|betweox}} Old English betweox, {{der|en|gem-pro|*twiskaz|t=twofold, double}} Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dwís|t=twice, doubly; in two}} Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”), {{surf|en|be-|twixt|t1=by, near, around|t2=between}} By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”), {{cog|stq|twiske||between}} Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), {{cog|nl|tussen}} Dutch tussen, {{cog|de|zwischen}} German zwischen Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} betwixt, {{en-prep}} betwixt
  1. (literary or archaic) Between. Tags: archaic, literary Synonyms: betwix [obsolete], betwixte [obsolete], betwyxt [obsolete] Derived forms: betwixt and between, betwixtness, inbetwixt, 'twixt, twixt Translations (between): بَيْن (bayn) (Arabic), بين (been) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), imellem (Danish), tussen (Dutch), inter (Esperanto), entre (French), zwischen (German), antara (Indonesian), betwēox (Old English), entre (Portuguese), între (Romanian), ме́жду (méždu) (Russian), посреди (posredi) (Russian), entre (Spanish), mellan (Swedish), beyninde (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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