Where does “tweenagehood” come from?
tweenagehood (English) comes from English tweenage, from English between, from Middle English betwene, from Old English betwēonum, from Old English be, from Proto-West Germanic bī, from Proto-Germanic bi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi — on, onto.
tweenagehood (English): The state of being in one's tweenage years
Definitions
- The state of being in one's tweenage years
Ancestry of “tweenagehood”, step by step
tweenagehood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tweenage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tweenage | Not yet a teenager (being less than thirteen years old), but starting to act like one |
| 2 | English | between | In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.) |
| 3 | Middle English | betwene | — |
| 4 | Old English | betwēonum | between, among, amid, in the midst, meanwhile;... |
| 5 | Old English | be | by |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bī | by, at; near, around |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English hood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hood | A covering for the head attached to a larger... |
| 2 | Middle English | hode | Alternative form of hoden; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | English | odd | Differing from what is usual, ordinary or... |
| 4 | Middle English | odde | inflection of od: ## weak singular ## strong/weak... |
| 5 | Old Norse | oddi | odd, third or additional number; triangle |
| 6 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |