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Where does “hypertwisted” come from?

hypertwisted (English) comes from English twisted, from English Twist, from Middle English twist, from Old English twist, from Proto-Germanic twistaz.

hypertwisted (English): Having a coiled structure that is itself coiled...

Definitions

  1. Having a coiled structure that is itself coiled...

Ancestry of “hypertwisted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtwistedsimple past tense and past participle of twist;...
2EnglishTwist—
3Middle Englishtwist—
4Old Englishtwist—
5Proto-Germanictwistaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic twistaz →