twin
English
/twɪn/
noun
Definitions
- Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- (US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- (crystallography) A twin crystal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English twinne inherited from Old English ġetwin inherited from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (twin).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dwino-
Gloss
twin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- berry English
- born English
- cam English
- charger English
- cotwin English
- detwin English
- dragon English
- engine English
- entwin English
- flower English
- hulled English
- intertwin English
- jet English
- leaf English
- nanotwin English
- nontwin English
- set English
- spot English
- tail English
- tip English
- twin tip English
- twin-engine English
- twinberry English
- twinborn English
- twincam English
- twincharger English
- twindle English
- twindom English
- twindragon English
- twinflower English
- twinhood English
- twinhulled English
- twinjet English
- twinleaf English
- twinless English
- twinlessness English
- twinlike English
- twinling English
- twinnable English
- twinner English
- twinness English
- twinnie English
- twinset English
- twinship English
- twinsome English
- twinspot English
- twintail English
- Zwilling German
- Zwillingsbruder German
- Zwillingsschwester German
- twee Dutch, Flemish
- tweeling Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingbroeder Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingbroer Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingwoord Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingzus Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingzuster Dutch, Flemish
- двое Russian
- двойня Russian
- *dwino- Proto-Indo-European
- *twinjaz Proto-Germanic
- tvilling Swedish
- ツイン Japanese
- ツインテール Japanese
- ġetwin Old English
- *twinle Middle English
- twinne Middle English
- twynlynge Middle English
- tvinnr Old Norse
- twiling Middle Dutch
- tvinnur Faroese
- zwillinc Middle High German
- tvinlinger Old Swedish
- tip
- set
- jet
- cam
- born
- leaf
- spot
- tail
- berry
- dragon
- flower
- hulled
- cotwin
- engine
- entwin
- detwin
- twinset
- twinnie
- charger
- twinjet
- twindle
- twindom
- twinner
- nontwin
- twincam
- nanotwin
- twinsome
- twinless
- twinling
- twinspot
- twinlike
- twinhood
- twinness
- twintail
- twinleaf
- twinship
- twinborn
- twin tip
- intertwin
- twinberry
- twinnable
- twindragon
- twinflower
- twinhulled
- twincharger
- twin-engine
- twinlessness