Where does “tribun” come from?

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

tribun (French): tribune

Definitions

  1. tribune

Ancestry of “tribun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtribun—
2Latintribūnuschief of a tribe
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →