Where does “triple” come from?

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

triple (Spanish): triple; threefold; three-way

Definitions

  1. triple; threefold; three-way

Ancestry of “triple”, step by step

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

Words derived from “triple”

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