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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτετραπλᾶ
- English todaytetrapla
From Ancient Greek τετραπλᾶ (tetraplâ), neuter plural of τετραπλοῦς (tetraploûs, “fourfold”), from τετρα- (tetra-, “tetra-: four”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.