Where does “tributariness” come from?
tributariness (English) comes from English tributary, from Middle English tributarie, from Latin tribūtārius, from Latin tributum, from Latin tributus, from Latin tribuō, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs.
tributariness (English): The quality or state of being tributary
Definitions
- The quality or state of being tributary
Ancestry of “tributariness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tributary | A natural water stream that flows into a larger... |
| 2 | Middle English | tributarie | paying tribute |
| 3 | Latin | tribūtārius | — |
| 4 | Latin | tributum | tax, tribute; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | tributus | bestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes |
| 6 | Latin | tribuō | — |
| 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 | — |