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Quadruple

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means four times the amount, size, or number of something
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Stage 1 of 2
quadru
Latin · ancient
"four"
four, combined with plicare (to fold)
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Stage 2 of 2
quadruple
English · 1400s
"four times the amount, size, or number"
settled as the English word for four times the amount
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