Where does “tributus” come from?
tributus (Latin) comes from Latin tribuō, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tributus (Latin): bestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes
Definitions
- bestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes
Ancestry of “tributus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tribuō | to grant, bestow, assign, attribute |
| 2 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “tributus”