Where does “tribus” come from?

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

tribus (Middle English): plural of tribe

Definitions

  1. plural of tribe

Ancestry of “tribus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtribeOne of the twelve tribes of Israel; Any tribe or...
2Old Frenchtributribe
3LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →