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[Surname] Re: Twitchell...
Yes, it seems that most English words and names beginning with TW once gave the sense of separation or division into two, though the meaning of twitch has changed over time.
Basil Cottle (Penguin Dictionary of Surnames) explains Twitchell, as Old English for a fork in a stream or river, i.e., two branches. Presumably the surname identified someone who lived near a "twitchell".
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