Twine Definition
Other Word Forms of Twine
Noun
Origin of Twine
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From Middle English twine, twyne, twin, from Old English twÄ«n (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen"), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz (“thread, twine"), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double"), from *dwóh₁ (“two"). Cognate with Dutch twijn (“twine"), Dutch tweern (“thread, twine"), German Zwirn (“thread"), Icelandic tvinni (“a double-thread"). More at twire.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *twÄ«nian (“to twine, thread"), from Proto-Germanic *twiznōnÄ… (“to thread"), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double"), from *dwóh₁ (“two"). Cognate with Dutch twijnen (“to twine, contort, throw"), Danish tvinde (“to twist"), Swedish tvinna (“to twist, twine, throw"), Icelandic tvinna (“to merge, twine").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English twinen from twin twine from Old English twīn double thread dwo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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