Where does “tributo” come from?
tributo (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin tributum, from Latin tributus, from Latin tribuō, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Ancestry of “tributo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tributum | tax, tribute; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | tributus | bestowed; forming tribes; formed by tribes |
| 3 | Latin | tribuō | to grant, bestow, assign, attribute |
| 4 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 5 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |