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Where does “tributare” come from?

tributare (Italian) comes from Italian tributo, from Latin tributum, from Latin tributus, from Latin tribuō, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tributare (Italian): to pay tribute to someone

Definitions

  1. to pay tribute to someone

Ancestry of “tributare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantributotax; tribute; toll
2Latintributumtax, tribute; nominative neuter singular of...
3Latintributusbestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes
4Latintribuō—
5LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
6Latintrēs—
7Proto-Italictrēsthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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