Triple
/ˈtrɪpəl/noun
Consisting of three parts or three times as much.
Did you know?“Triple” ultimately comes from Latin *triplex*, and its ancient root *tri-* is the same sacred number behind countless Indo-European words for three, from rituals to counting systems.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tréyes
“three”
Latin
Latin
trīplex
“threefold, made of three parts”
Late Latin
Latin
triplu
“three times as much”
Old French
Old French
triple
“threefold, triple”
Middle English
English
triple
“threefold, consisting of three parts”
Modern English
English
triple
“consisting of three parts or three times as much”