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Where does “triple” come from?

triple (Middle English) comes from Latin triplus, from Proto-Italic *triplos.

Ancestry of “triple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriplusthreefold, triple
2Proto-Italic*triplos—

Words derived from “triple”

  • triple
  • tripling
  • triply
  • tripler
  • triplefin
  • tripleness
  • tripleheader
  • tripletail
  • subtriple
  • tripleton
  • triplestore
  • eigentriple
  • triple time
Every word from Proto-Italic *triplos →