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Where does the word "triple" come from? It comes from Latin triplus, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "triple" come from? It comes from Latin triplus, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Triple’s story begins in Latin: triplus meant “threefold.” Threefold, from tri- (three). It reached English by 1400s as triple. Settled as the English word for three times the amount. Today, triple means three times the amount, size, or number of something.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient triplus "threefold", threefold, from tri- (three).
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s triple "three times the amount, size, or number", settled as the English word for three times the amount.