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English word tribe comes from Middle English (1100-1500) thre (Three.), Proto-Slavic *tríh₂
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thre (Middle English)
Three.
*tríh₂ (Proto-Slavic)
three (English)
(basketball). A person who is three years old.. Anything measuring three units, as length.. The digit/figure 3.. The playing card featuring three pips. (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).. (of a set or group) Having three elements.
*tisres (Proto-Indo-European)
*trēs (Proto-Italic)
Three.
tres (Latin)
tribus (Latin)
A division of the Roman people.. A tribe.. One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities, Luceres.. The mob, the lower classes.
tribu (Old French)
Tribe.
tribe (English)
(anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.. (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.. (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.. (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.. A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.. The collective noun for various [...]