Etymograph

English

triplex

Triplex comes from Latin triplex ‘triple, threefold’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tréyes‘three’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trejesreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*trēs‘three’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrēs‘three’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtriplex‘triple, threefold’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2010same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tréyes‘three’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trejesreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*trēs‘three’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrēs‘three’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtriplex‘triple, threefold’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2010same form

Earliest quotation: 2010, Jennifer Egan, Pure Language: “There were influential and corruptible people like his friend,…”

Formed from tri- + -plex

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tréyes ‘three’

three, tri, tern, troika, 11 more

through Latin trēs ‘three’

distribution, contribute, tribute, tribe, tribal, tribunal, trinity, trio, tribune, trey, tres, 9 more

Today it means

adj Having three floors.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tréyes / triplex

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