Etymology

threefold

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Today it means: Three times as great. Full definition →

Middle English threfold ← Old English þrīfeald
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromþrīfeald
  2. Middle English · inherited fromthrefold
  3. English todaythreefold

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

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