Etymograph

English

triplicative

From triplicate + -ive.

Formed from triplicate + -ive

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’

Latin plicō ‘to fold’

Latin triplicō ‘to triple’

Latin triplicātus

English triplicate

Today it means

adj Of, related to, or being a triplicate.

Sources

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