Where does “trouple” come from?

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

trouple (French): throuple

Definitions

  1. throuple

Ancestry of “trouple”, step by step

trouple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French couple

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

via French trois

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtroisthree
2Middle Frenchtroysthree
3Old Frenchtroisthree
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Egyptian ḥpEvery word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις