Where does “triple” come from?

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

triple (French): triple; thirty-second note; inflection of...

Definitions

  1. triple; thirty-second note; inflection of...

Ancestry of “triple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrebletreble; triple
2Latintriplusthreefold, triple
3Proto-Italic*triplosthreefold, triple

Words derived from “triple

Every word from Proto-Italic *triplos