Where does “tribunal” come from?

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

tribunal (French): tribunal; court, court of law

Definitions

  1. tribunal; court, court of law

Ancestry of “tribunal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtribunaltribunal; court; of or relating to a tribunal
2Latintribunala raised semicircular or square platform, on...
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

Words derived from “tribunal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
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