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Where does “tributarius” come from?

tributarius (Latin) 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.

Ancestry of “tributarius”, 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—
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