Etymology

septuple

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Today it means: Seven times as much; sevenfold. Full definition →

Latin septuplu ← Proto-Italic *septəm ← Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥
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The story

  1. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  2. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  4. Proto-Italic*septəm
  5. Latinseptem
  6. Latinseptuplu
  7. English todayseptuple

Learned borrowing from Latin septuplus.

Words from the same roots

Latinseptuplus all →

septuplinerved

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