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
- One of the twelve tribes of Israel; Any tribe or...
Ancestry of “tribe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | tribu | tribe |
| 2 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “tribe”