Where does “tripet” come from?
tripet (Middle English) comes from French tripot, from French -ot, from Latin min- — cat.
Ancestry of “tripet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tripot | dive |
| 2 | French | -ot | A diminutive indicator for certain words,... |
| 3 | Latin | min- | cat |