Where does “equidistribute” come from?
equidistribute (English) comes from English distribute, from Latin distribūtus, from Latin distribuere, from Latin tribuere, from Latin tribuo, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs.
equidistribute (English): To distribute equally
Ancestry of “equidistribute”, 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 | — |