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twinling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
twin-ling
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A twin.

noun

A small or young twin, especially a twin lamb.

Etymology

From Middle English twynlynge, equivalent to twin + -ling; possibly from an Old English root *twinling, from a Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, from *twinaz. Cognate with Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish tvilling (“twin”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

twinlings (plural)

Synonyms

doublet

Questions

What does twinling mean?
A twin.
Where does twinling come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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