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
- vocative masculine singular of tribūtus
Ancestry of “tribute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tributus | bestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes |
| 2 | Latin | tribuō | — |
| 3 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 4 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |