Where does “inbetwixt” come from?
inbetwixt (English) comes from English betwixt, from Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betwēox, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
inbetwixt (English): between; in between
Definitions
- between; in between
Ancestry of “inbetwixt”, step by step
inbetwixt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English betwixt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | betwixt | Between, specifically between two objects |
| 2 | Middle English | bitwixe | In the position that separates (two things); in the middle |
| 3 | Old English | betwēox | between |
| 4 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |