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Where does “tributum” come from?

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

tributum (Latin): tax, tribute; nominative neuter singular of...

Definitions

  1. tax, tribute; nominative neuter singular of...

Ancestry of “tributum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintributusbestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes
2Latintribuō—
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēs—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tributum”

  • tribute
  • tributary
  • tributor
  • tributer
  • tributarily
  • tributariness
  • tributaryless
  • tributarius
  • tributo
  • treudo
  • tributo
  • tributare
  • Tribut
  • tributo
  • tributar
  • tribute
  • tributarie
  • tribut
  • tributo
  • trebuto
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