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Where does “tributo” come from?

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

tributo (Italian): tax; tribute; toll

Definitions

  1. tax; tribute; toll

Ancestry of “tributo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tributo”

  • tributare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →