Where does “tribe” come from?

tribe (Middle English) comes from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tribe (Middle English): One of the twelve tribes of Israel; Any tribe or...

Definitions

  1. One of the twelve tribes of Israel; Any tribe or...

Ancestry of “tribe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtributribe
2LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →