Twilight Definition
Other Word Forms of Twilight
Noun
Origin of Twilight
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From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, from Old English twÄ“onelÄ“oht (“twilight"), equivalent to twi- (“double, half-") +"Ž light, literally "˜second light, half-light'. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight"), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight"), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk"), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English twilighte Old English twi- two, half dwo- in Indo-European roots Old English līht light light1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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