Where does “distributorship” come from?
distributorship (English) comes from English distributor, from English distribute, from Latin distribūtus, from Latin distribuere, from Latin tribuere, from Latin tribuo, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs.
distributorship (English): A business specializing in the wholesale...
Definitions
- A business specializing in the wholesale...
Ancestry of “distributorship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | distributor | One who or that which distributes; A device that... |
| 2 | English | distribute | To divide into portions and dispense; To supply... |
| 3 | Latin | distribūtus | — |
| 4 | Latin | distribuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | tribuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | tribuo | I grant, bestow; I yield, give up, concede, allow |
| 7 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 8 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |