myEtymology.com: English etymology of entwist

Etymology of the English word entwist

the English word entwist

derived from the English word twist

derived from the English word en-

derived from the French word en-

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Old French word panne

derived from the Old French word penne

derived from the Latin word penna (feather; pinna, feather; feather; feather, wing)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pet-

derived from the Classical Latin word pinna (feather; feather; wing; fin; lobe)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pet-

derived from the Latin word patena

derived from the Greek word pathne

derived from the Greek word phatne, φάτνη (a crib (for fodder))

derived from the French word panna

using the French suffix -on

derived from the French word électron

derived from the English word electron

using the English suffix -on

derived from the English word electric

derived from the Latin word electricus (electric)

derived from the Latin word electrum (electrum; amber; electron)

derived from the Greek word elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)