Where does “tributar” come from?

tributar (Catalan) comes from Catalan tribut, from Latin tributus, from Latin tribuō, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tributar (Catalan): to pay as tribute

Definitions

  1. to pay as tribute

Ancestry of “tributar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantributtribute
2Latintributusbestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes
3Latintribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute
4LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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