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

Words derived from “tributum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Latin trēs