Where does “twin-engine” come from?
twin-engine (English) comes from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
twin-engine (English): powered by two engines, one in each wing
Definitions
- powered by two engines, one in each wing
Ancestry of “twin-engine”, step by step
twin-engine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English engine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engine | A large construction used in warfare, such as a... |
| 2 | Middle English | engyn | engine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | engine | — |
| 4 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 5 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 6 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 8 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English twin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | twin | Either of two people who shared the same uterus... |
| 2 | Middle English | twin | — |
| 3 | Old English | twīn | double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | twiʀn | twine, double thread |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | twiznaz | thread, twine |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwisnós | double |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |