Where does “tribu” come from?

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

tribu (Old French): tribe

Definitions

  1. tribe

Ancestry of “tribu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribu”

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