/ˈd͡ʒɛməl/
OriginFrom Middle English gemow, from Old French gemel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus (“twin”). The modern form is influenced by the Latin etymon.
- archaicA twin (also attributively).
“half a million which Demon considered henceforth as a loan his cousin should certainly refund him if sanity counted for something on this gemel planet.”
- One of a pair of small bars placed together.
“two gemells silver between two griffins passant”
- historicalA finger ring which splits into two horizontally.
- A pair of trees that fuse together, or are contained in the same trunk.
- not-comparableCoupled; paired.
“A bar gemel / Two bars gemels, or two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other.”
Formsgemels(plural) · gemmel(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary