英语词汇triplet的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	triplet
词源	triplet n. 1650s, "three successive lines of poetry," from triple; perhaps patterned on couplet. Extended to a set of three of anything by 1733, and to three children at the same birth by 1787 (another word for this was trin, 1831, on the model of twin). Musical meaning "three notes played in the time of two" is from 1801. Entries linking to triplet triple v. late 14c., from Medieval Latin triplare "to triple," from Latin triplus "threefold, triple" (see triple (adj.)). Related: Tripled; tripling. couplet n. 1570s, in poetry, "two lines in succession, forming a pair and generally rhyming with one another," from French couplet (mid-14c.), a diminutive of couple (see couple (n.)). Earlier in the same sense was couple (mid-14c.). In music, from 1876. triple (v.)couplet (n.)twin (adj.)quadruplet (n.)quintuplet (n.)sextuplet (n.) updated on January 25, 2021
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triplet n.