Where does “distributor” come from?
Distributor comes from Latin distributor, derived from distributus, the past participle of distribuere, meaning to divide among tribes or groups, from dis- (apart) and tribus (tribe).
distributor (English): One who or that which distributes; A device that...
Definitions
- One who or that which distributes; A device that...
Ancestry of “distributor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | distribute | To divide into portions and dispense; To supply... |
| 2 | Latin | distribūtus | — |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “distributor”