Where does “tribus” come from?

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

tribus (Translingual): The taxon "tribe"

Definitions

  1. The taxon "tribe"

Ancestry of “tribus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintribusOne of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes,...
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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