Where does “triple” come from?
triple (French) comes from Old French treble, from Latin triplus, from Proto-Italic *triplos.
triple (French): triple; thirty-second note; inflection of...
Definitions
- triple; thirty-second note; inflection of...
Ancestry of “triple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | treble | treble; triple |
| 2 | Latin | triplus | threefold, triple |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *triplos | — |
Words derived from “triple”