English
subtriplicate
From sub- + triplicate.
Formed from sub- + triplicate
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold’
Latin triplicō ‘to triple’
Latin triplicātus
English triplicate
Today it means
adj Expressed by the cube root; said especially of ratios.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subtriplicate”. 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.
Etymograph / subtriplicate