English Explanatory Dictionary

betwixt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Between.

Pronunciation

/bɪˈtwɪkst/ En-us-betwixt.ogg

Word forms

betwixt betwix betwixte betwyxt

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.

Derived words

betwixt and between betwixtness betwixt the devil and the deep blue sea inbetwixt 'twixt twixt
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