betwixt

== English == === Alternative forms === betwix (obsolete), betwixte (obsolete), betwyxt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) +‎ twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈtwɪkst/ (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈtwɪkst/ Rhymes: -ɪkst Hyphenation: be‧twixt === Preposition === betwixt (literary or archaic) Between. Synonyms: (obsolete except UK, dialectal) atwixt; twixt, 'twixt ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====