Where does “tribune” come from?
tribune (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French tribune, from Latin tribūnus, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tribune (Norwegian Bokmål): a stand or grandstand
Ancestry of “tribune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tribune | platform, rostrum, podium; stand, grandstand;... |
| 2 | Latin | tribūnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 4 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |