English
triplicate
Triplicate comes from Latin triplicō ‘to triple’, from plicō ‘to fold’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtriplicō‘to triple’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtriplicātusperfect passive participle of triplicō
- Englishearliest quotation 1934triplicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to plait, to weave’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplicō‘to fold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtriplicō‘to triple’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtriplicātusperfect passive participle of triplicō
- Englishearliest quotation 1934triplicate
Earliest quotation: 1934, Ernest Bramah: “Suppose we duplicate actual numbers that are out in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait, to weave’
complex, exploitation, fiasco, flax, flack, replication, plexus, flagon, 33 more
through Latin plicō ‘to fold’
apply, display, employment, reply, employ, exploit, imply, deploy, explicit, replica, ploy, implicit, ply, accomplice, complication, supple, inexplicable, complicity, complicate, pliable, implicate, splay, supplication, pliant, explication, 22 more
Today it means
adj Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / triplicate