Where does “tribus” come from?

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

tribus (Latin): One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...

Definitions

  1. One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...

Ancestry of “tribus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrēsthree; 3
2Proto-Italictrēsthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribus”

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