twi-
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
prefix
two
prefix
double, both
Example Sentences
- "twi-headed"
- "twilight, twisexual, twi-tongued"
Etymology
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).