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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,...
2Latintrēs—
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribu”

  • tribes
  • tribe
  • tribal
  • tribalism
  • intertribal
  • tribesman
  • tribally
  • tribespeople
  • nontribal
  • subtribe
  • tribalist
  • detribalization
  • tribalization
  • tribalistic
  • retribalization
  • intratribal
  • multitribal
  • hilltribe
  • tribeswoman
  • tribeless
  • neotribalism
  • subtribal
  • detribalisation
  • tribesperson
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →