Where does “tribune” come from?

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

tribune (French): platform, rostrum, podium; stand, grandstand;...

Definitions

  1. platform, rostrum, podium; stand, grandstand;...

Ancestry of “tribune”, step by step

tribune traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tribūnus

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

via Italian tribuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantribunaplatform; gallery, stand, grandstand

Words derived from “tribune”

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