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Where does “tribunary” come from?

tribunary (English) comes from English Tribune, from Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, from Latin tribūnus, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tribunary (English): Of or pertaining to tribunes

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to tribunes

Ancestry of “tribunary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTribune—
2Middle EnglishtribuneA Roman military tribune or similar leader of a...
3Old Frenchtribun—
4Latintribūnus—
5LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
6Latintrēs—
7Proto-Italictrēsthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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