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triple (v.)
late 14c., from M.L.
triplare
"to triple," from L.
triplus
"threefold, triple," from
tri-
"three" +
-plus
"-fold." The noun is recorded from early 15c.; the baseball sense is attested from 1880. The adj. is recorded from 1540s.