Where does “tribu” come from?

tribu (Catalan) comes from Latin tribūnus, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tribu (Catalan): tribe

Definitions

  1. tribe

Ancestry of “tribu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintribūnuschief of a tribe
2LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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