English
subtriplesubtriple
From sub- + triple.
Formed from sub- + triple
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’
Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’
Proto-Italic *triplos ‘threefold, triple’
Latin triplus ‘threefold, triple’
Middle English triple
English triple
Today it means
adj Containing a third, or one part to three.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subtriple”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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