atwix

English

Etymology

Middle English atwix, atwixen, from a- +‎ twix, twixt ("among"), from a- +‎ tweox (“twofold”), from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”).

Preposition

atwix

  1. (Geordie) between; betwixt [from 14th c.]

References
  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • atwixt – Etymonline

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