Where does “tribune” come from?

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

tribune (Middle English): A Roman military tribune or similar leader of a...

Definitions

  1. A Roman military tribune or similar leader of a...

Ancestry of “tribune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtribun—
2Latintribūnuschief of a tribe
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribune”

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