The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτετράς“four”
- Latin · derived fromplicō“to fold”
- English todaytetraplicate
From Latin plicō (“to fold”) + Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás, “four”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτετράς all →
tetradtetrastoon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.