Where does “tribunal” come from?
tribunal (Spanish) comes from Latin tribunal, from Latin tribus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tribunal (Spanish): court; tribunal
Ancestry of “tribunal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tribunal | a raised semicircular or square platform, on... |
| 2 | Latin | tribus | One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |