Septuplet
/ˈsɛp.tʃu.plət/noun
One of seven siblings born in the same birth or any group of seven related things.
Did you know?The number seven was treated as symbolically powerful in many ancient traditions, but the modern ending “-plet” was created much later in English by analogy with words like “triplet.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*septḿ̥
“Seven, the cardinal number”
Proto-Italic
Proto-Italic
*septem
“Seven”
Classical Latin
Latin
septem
“Seven”
Classical Latin
Latin
septuplus
“Sevenfold; seven times as much”
Medieval French
Old French
septuple
“Sevenfold”
19th Century
English
septuplet
“One of seven children or things grouped together, formed from “septuple” with the English suffix “-et””
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