Where does “distributee” come from?
Distributee comes from the Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere, meaning "to divide among tribes," composed of the prefix dis- and tribus meaning "tribe," ultimately related to the word for "three."
distributee (English): One who receives a share of something that is...
Definitions
- One who receives a share of something that is...
Ancestry of “distributee”, step by step
distributee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English distribute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | distribute | To divide into portions and dispense; To supply... |
| 2 | Latin | distribūtus | divided, distributed |
| 3 | Latin | distribuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | tribuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | tribuo | I grant, bestow; I yield, give up, concede, allow |
| 6 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 7 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |