Where does “interdistributary” come from?
interdistributary (English) comes from English distributary, from English distribute, from Latin distribūtus, from Latin distribuere, from Latin tribuere, from Latin tribuo, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs.
interdistributary (English): Between distributaries
Ancestry of “interdistributary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | distributary | That distributes; A stream of water 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 | — |