- triplicate (adj.)
[triplicate 词源字典]
- early 15c., "triple, threefold," from Latin triplicatus, past participle of triplicare "to triple," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)).[triplicate etymology, triplicate origin, 英语词源]
- triplicate (v.)
- "to multiply by three," 1620s, from Latin triplicatus (see triplicate (adj.)). Related: Triplicated; triplicating; triplication.