triplicate

Meanings

Adjective

• Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.

Noun

• The making of three identical copies of something.
• Each of a set of three identical objects or copies.

Verb

• To make three identical copies of something.
• To triple.

Origin

• Early 15th century. From Latin triplicatus, form of triplicāre, from tri- + plicāre.
• Surface form tri- + plicate, analogous with duplicate.