Where does “tweenness” come from?
tweenness (English) comes from English tween, from English twenty, from Middle English twenty, from Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
tweenness (English): The quality of being a tween
Definitions
- The quality of being a tween
Ancestry of “tweenness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tween | An action of tweening ; a sequence of frames... |
| 2 | English | twenty | The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen... |
| 3 | Middle English | twenty | Alternative form of twenti |
| 4 | Old English | twēntiġ | twenty |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | twai tigiwiz | twenty |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | twai | two |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |