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Where does “tribelet” come from?

tribelet (English) comes from English tribe, from Middle English tribe, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tribelet (English): A small tribe of Native Americans, especially a...

Definitions

  1. A small tribe of Native Americans, especially a...

Ancestry of “tribelet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtribeA socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive...
2Middle EnglishtribeOne of the twelve tribes of Israel; Any tribe or...
3Old Frenchtributribe
4LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
5Latintrēs—
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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