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Where does “attribuere” come from?

attribuere (Latin) comes from Latin tribuere, from Latin tribuo, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

attribuere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “attribuere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintribuerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
2LatintribuoI grant, bestow; I yield, give up, concede, allow
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēs—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “attribuere”

  • attributum
  • atribuir
  • attribútum
  • attribut
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