Where does “threepeater” come from?
threepeater (English) comes from English threepeat, from English repeat, from Middle English repeten, from Middle French repeter, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
threepeater (English): One who threepeats
Ancestry of “threepeater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | threepeat | To win something three times consecutively; A... |
| 2 | English | repeat | To do or say again; To refill; To happen again;... |
| 3 | Middle English | repeten | to repeat |
| 4 | Middle French | repeter | — |
| 5 | Old French | repeter | to repeat; to say multiple times |
| 6 | Latin | repetō | — |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |