Where does “tribu” come from?

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

tribu (Middle French): tribe

Definitions

  1. tribe

Ancestry of “tribu”, step by step

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