Where does “tuple” come from?
Tuple derives from Middle French quintuple, which combines Latin quintus (fifth) and -plus (fold), originally denoting something repeated five times.
tuple (English): A finite sequence of terms; A single row in a...
Definitions
- A finite sequence of terms; A single row in a...
Ancestry of “tuple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | quintuple | having five parts or members; five times as much;... |
| 2 | Middle French | quintuple | — |
| 3 | Latin | quīntuplus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -plus | -fold |
| 5 | Latin | plicāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |