Etymograph

English

three-peat

Blend of three + repeat.

A blend of three + repeat

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Germanic *þrīz

Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ

Old English þrī

Middle English thre

English three

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti ‘to fly’

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Latin repetō ‘to attack again’

Old French repeter ‘to say multiple times’

Middle French repeter ‘to repeat’

Middle English repeten ‘to repeat’

English repeat

Today it means

verb To win something three times consecutively.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “three-peat”. 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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