Where does “tribespeople” come from?
tribespeople (English) comes from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus, from Old Latin poplus, from Old Latin poplos — army.
tribespeople (English): The people who belong to a tribe; A tribal race...
Definitions
- The people who belong to a tribe; A tribal race...
Ancestry of “tribespeople”, step by step
tribespeople traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English people
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | people | a body of human beings considered generally or... |
| 2 | Middle English | puple | people |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | people | — |
| 4 | Old French | pople | Alternative form of pueple |
| 5 | Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | poplus | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | poplos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |
via English tribe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tribe | A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive... |
| 2 | Middle English | tribe | One of the twelve tribes of Israel; Any tribe or... |
| 3 | Old French | tribu | tribe |
| 4 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 5 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |