Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “zwitarn” come from?

zwitarn (Middle High German) comes from Old High German zwitarn — bastard.

zwitarn (Middle High German): bastard; hermaphrodite

Definitions

  1. bastard; hermaphrodite

Ancestry of “zwitarn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzwitarnbastard

Words derived from “zwitarn”

  • zwitterionic
  • zwitterion
  • polyzwitterion
  • Zwitter
  • Zwitterion
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