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  • prefix two
  • prefix double, both

Etymologies

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From Middle English twi-, from Old English twī- ("two, double"), from Proto-Germanic *twi-, *twī- (“two-, double-”), from Proto-Germanic *twiz (“twice”), from Proto-Indo-European *duis (“twice”), from *duwo (“two”), *dwóh₁ (compare English duo).

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