triple的词源

英文词源

triple (v.)

late 14c., from Medieval Latin triplare "to triple," from Latin triplus "threefold, triple," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus). Related: Tripled; tripling.

triple (adj.)

early 15c., from Old French triple or directly from Latin triplus (see triple (adj.)). 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.

中文词源

triple：三部分的，三方的；三倍的，三重的vt. 使增至三倍

词根词缀： tri-三 + -ple…倍的

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：triple 词源，triple 含义。

triple：三倍的，三重的

tri-, 三，-ple,倍数，词源同 fold,treble.