Where does “TWAIN” come from?

TWAIN (English) comes from Middle English twaynen, from Middle English twayne — two.

TWAIN (English): A standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices such as scanners and digital cameras

Definitions

  1. A standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices such as scanners and digital cameras

Ancestry of “TWAIN”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtwaynen—
2Middle Englishtwaynetwo

Words derived from “TWAIN”

Every word from Middle English twayne →Every word from Middle English twaynen →