Where does “throuple” come from?

throuple (English) comes from English couple, from Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Vulgar Latin copla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium — the god Apis.

throuple (English): Three partners in a romantic or sexual...

Definitions

  1. Three partners in a romantic or sexual...

Ancestry of “throuple”, step by step

throuple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English couple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoupleTwo partners in a romantic or sexual...
2Middle EnglishcoupleA couple; two people joined by a marital union or...
3Old Frenchcouplecouple; sexual liaison
4Vulgar Latincopla
5Latincōpulaa bond, tie, band or other connecting item
6Latincoapula
7Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
8Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
9LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
10Ancient GreekἌπις
11Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
12Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via English three

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
2Middle Englishthrethree
3Old Englishþrīthree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

Words derived from “throuple

Every word from Egyptian ḥp
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