Where does “triple” come from?

triple (Catalan) comes from Latin triplus, from Proto-Italic *triplos — threefold, triple.

triple (Catalan): triple; triple, treble, hat trick

Definitions

  1. triple; triple, treble, hat trick

Ancestry of “triple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriplusthreefold, triple
2Proto-Italic*triplosthreefold, triple
Every word from Proto-Italic *triplos →Every word from Latin triplus →