Etymology Explorer
› Middle English
Where does “triple” come from?
triple (Middle English) comes from Latin triplus, from Proto-Italic *triplos — threefold, triple.
Ancestry of “triple”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
triplus
threefold, triple
2
Proto-Italic
*triplos
threefold, triple
Words derived from “triple”
triple
triplet
tripling
triply
tripler
triplefin
tripleness
tripleheader
isotriplet
tripletail
antitriplet
subtriple
tripleton
triplestore
triple SIM
eigentriple
triple time
triple combination
tryflek
circumtriple
triple nelson
triple-barrelled
tripledemic
triplefold
Every word from Proto-Italic *triplos →
Every word from Latin triplus →
triple — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer