Where does “tribute” come from?

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

tribute (Latin): vocative masculine singular of tribūtus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of tribūtus

Ancestry of “tribute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintributusbestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes
2Latintribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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