Where does “treble” come from?

treble (Old French) comes from Latin triplus, from Proto-Italic *triplos — threefold, triple.

treble (Old French): treble; triple

Definitions

  1. treble; triple

Ancestry of “treble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriplusthreefold, triple
2Proto-Italic*triplosthreefold, triple

Words derived from “treble”

Every word from Proto-Italic *triplos →Every word from Latin triplus →