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Both

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means referring to the two things or people mentioned, considered together
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Stage 1 of 2
bathir
Old Norse · medieval
"the two together"
the two together, referring to a pair as a whole
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Stage 2 of 2
both
English · 1200s
"referring to two things or people together"
settled as the standard English word referring to two things together
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