Where does “triplu” come from?

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

triplu (Romanian): triple

Definitions

  1. triple

Ancestry of “triplu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtripletriple; thirty-second note; inflection of...
2Old Frenchtrebletreble; triple
3Latintriplusthreefold, triple
4Proto-Italic*triplosthreefold, triple
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