Translation
tribe
Word origin
From Latin tribus, the name of the divisions of the early Roman people, traditionally three of them. English tribe, tribune and tribute all descend from the same word - the tribune spoke for a tribus, and the tribute was what it paid.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tribus
- English cognates
- tribe, tribune, tribute
Examples
.
The tribe lived beside the great river.
.
Each tribe had its own language.
.
The old man told the history of his tribe.
and overlap: leans on the anthropological and Roman sense of an organised division of a people, while covers kinship groups and ethnic peoples more broadly. In practice the older texts prefer and modern prose .
Where this fits
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueEsperanto · Free printables
tribo: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "tribo" (tribe): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
Free for members
The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.
Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 28.