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Where does “τριπλάσιος” come from?

τριπλάσιος (Greek) comes from Greek τρία, from Ancient Greek τρία, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

τριπλάσιος (Greek): The proportional number threefold, treble,...

Definitions

  1. The proportional number threefold, treble,...

Ancestry of “τριπλάσιος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekτρίαthree
2Ancient Greekτρίαthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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