Where does “triplan” come from?

triplan (Finnish) comes from Finnish tripla, from French tripler, from French triple, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus, from Proto-Italic *triplos — threefold, triple.

triplan (Finnish): Genitive singular form of tripla

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of tripla

Ancestry of “triplan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtriplatriple
2Frenchtriplerto triple
3Frenchtripletriple; thirty-second note; inflection of...
4Old Frenchtrebletreble; triple
5Latintriplusthreefold, triple
6Proto-Italic*triplosthreefold, triple
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