英语词汇triple的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	triple
词源	triple v. late 14c., from Medieval Latin triplare "to triple," from Latin triplus "threefold, triple" (see triple (adj.)). Related: Tripled; tripling. triple adj. early 15c., from Old French triple or directly from Latin triplus "threefold, triple," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus). As a noun, early 15c., "a triple sum or quantity," from the adjective. The baseball sense of "a three-base hit" is attested from 1880. Related: Triply (adv.). Triple-decker is from 1940 of sandwiches and wedding cakes, 1942 of beds. Entries linking to triple tri- word-forming element meaning "three, having three, once every three," from Latin tres (neuter tria) or Greek treis, trias "three" (see three). -plus word-forming element, Latin -plus "-fold." Watkins derives it from -plo-, combining form of PIE root pel- (2) "to fold" and makes it cognate with Old English -feald, Greek -paltos, -plos. But de Vaan connects it to PIE root pele- (1) that yielded words meaning "much, many, more" and is the source of poly-. tri--pluspel- (2)treble (adj.)triplet (n.) updated on May 24, 2017
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