Where does “threepeat” come from?
threepeat (English) comes from English repeat, from Middle English repeten, from Middle French repeter, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
threepeat (English): To win something three times consecutively; A...
Definitions
- To win something three times consecutively; A...
Ancestry of “threepeat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | repeat | To do or say again; To refill; To happen again;... |
| 2 | Middle English | repeten | to repeat |
| 3 | Middle French | repeter | — |
| 4 | Old French | repeter | to repeat; to say multiple times |
| 5 | Latin | repetō | — |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “threepeat”