betwixt

prep
/bɪˈtwɪkst/UK

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.

  1. derived from *dwís — “twice, doubly; in two
  2. derived from *twiskaz — “twofold, double
  3. inherited from betweox
  4. inherited from bitwixe

Definitions

  1. Between.

    • There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.
    • The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for betwixt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA