Where does “tribal” come from?

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

tribal (Portuguese): tribal

Definitions

  1. tribal

Ancestry of “tribal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtribaltribal
2Frenchtributribe
3Old Frenchtributribe
4LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribal”

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