English
septuple
Septuple comes from Latin septuplus ‘sevenfold, septuple’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*septḿ̥‘seven’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*septəm‘seven’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEseptem‘seven’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEseptuplus‘sevenfold, septuple’
- Englishearliest quotation 1615septuple
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*septḿ̥‘seven’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*septəm‘seven’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEseptem‘seven’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEseptuplus‘sevenfold, septuple’
- Englishearliest quotation 1615septuple
Earliest quotation: 1615, Thomas Adams, The Blacke Devil or The Apostate: “[…] hee is rid of the Deuill. Now he…”
Linked words
through Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ
through Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’
through Latin septem ‘seven’
Today it means
adj Seven times as much; sevenfold.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ / septuple