tetraples

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτετραπλᾶ
2. French · borrowed fromtétraples
3. English todaytetraples

From French tétraples, from Ancient Greek τετραπλᾶ (tetraplâ), neuter plural of τετραπλοῦς (tetraploûs, “fourfold”), from τετρα- (tetra-, “tetra-: four”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”).

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