Where does “tribal” come from?

tribal (French) comes from French tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tribal (French): tribal

Definitions

  1. tribal

Ancestry of “tribal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtributribe
2Old Frenchtributribe
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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